Altair HPCWorks, now owned by Siemens Digital Industries Software, is a high-performance computing (HPC) and cloud platform designed to help organizations manage complex computing workloads across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments. The platform supports HPC and high-throughput computing workloads while helping teams improve productivity, optimize resources, manage costs, and simplify system administration.
This blog explores key capabilities of Altair HPCWorks and how the platform simplifies HPC for managers, administrators, and end users.
Improve workload management
Effective workload management is essential for maintaining productivity in HPC environments. Altair HPCWorks includes advanced workload management and job scheduling capabilities designed to support a variety of computing requirements.
The platform supports storage-aware scheduling while also providing monitoring, reporting, forecasting, budgeting, I/O profiling, and flow dependency analysis. These capabilities help organizations improve throughput and better align computing resources with business priorities.
Altair HPCWorks also supports advanced scheduling environments, including exascale workloads, distributed computing environments, hardware emulation systems, and high-volume operations for common semiconductor design.
Streamline HPC environments
Managing HPC infrastructure can become difficult as environments grow and become more complex. Altair HPCWorks helps administrators maintain productive HPC environments with centralized tools for managing, optimizing, and forecasting resources.
The platform includes advanced analytics that support data-driven planning and decision-making. Administrators can perform workload simulations and what-if analysis to determine the most effective ways to scale resources and manage cloud computing, HPC clusters, and local/distributed systems.
Enhance team collaboration
Engineering and research teams often need access to computing resources from multiple locations. Altair HPCWorks allows users to share work, edit application data, and manage workloads without downloading large files, ensuring everyone can access critical HPC resources without an IT expert.
The platform’s HPC portal allows users to run solvers, view progress, manage data, and access 3D remote visualization through web, desktop, or mobile interfaces. Its open architecture also allows organizations to integrate third-party applications without additional software development, making job submission quick and easy.
Reduce license and infrastructure costs
Software licensing and resource allocation can become major expenses in HPC environments, especially for specialized applications such as electronic design and automation (EDA).
Altair HPCWorks includes tools for license allocation, management, and optimization that help organizations reduce licensing costs and improve utilization. Teams can use data analysis and visualization tools to better understand software usage and make informed decisions about future investments.
The platform also supports license sharing across multiple locations and business units to improve efficiency and reduce unnecessary software spending.
Expand computing capacity with hybrid cloud resources
Hybrid cloud computing continues to grow as organizations scale beyond traditional data centers. Altair HPCWorks supports hybrid cloud computing and cloud bursting strategies that help organizations expand resources during peak workloads.
The platform helps organizations migrate compute-intensive workloads to the cloud while supporting multi-cloud deployments and flexible resource provisioning. Automation tools simplify cluster management, while spend management tools help teams monitor and control cloud costs, reducing expenses and improving time to results.
Simplified HPC deployment with Altair Unlimited
Altair HPCWorks includes Altair Unlimited as a part of a turnkey platform available both on-premises and in the cloud.
Altair Unlimited combines software, system administration, and infrastructure services into a single platform with a user-friendly web portal. The platform also provides unlimited use of a wide range of Altair solver software for mechanics, fluids, electromagnetics, optimization, and visualization. With it, teams can run CAE software on a secure and scalable platform that simplifies access to HPC infrastructure.
Core solutions within Altair HPCWorks
The Altair HPCWorks platform includes several solutions designed to support HPC management and accessibility, including:
Summary
Altair HPCWorks provides organizations with a flexible platform for managing high-performance and high-throughput computing workloads across on-premises, cloud, and hybrid environments.
From workload scheduling to hybrid cloud scaling, the platform helps engineering and IT teams improve productivity while maintaining control over resources and costs.
Discover more about Altair HPCWorks here.