Abstract
Clouds are rapidly joining high-performance computing (HPC) systems, clusters, and grids as viable platforms for scientific exploration and discovery. As a result, understanding application formulations and usage modes that are meaningful in such a hybrid infrastructure, and how application workflows can effectively utilize it, is critical. Here, three hybrid HPC/grid and cloud cyber infrastructure usage modes are explored: HPC in the Cloud, HPC plus Cloud, and HPC as a Service, presenting illustrative scenarios in each case and outlining benefits, limitations, and research challenges.
Original language | English (US) |
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Article number | 6530588 |
Pages (from-to) | 10-18 |
Number of pages | 9 |
Journal | Computing in Science and Engineering |
Volume | 15 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - Dec 4 2013 |
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Computer Science(all)
- Engineering(all)
Keywords
- HPC
- cloud computing
- cloud federation
- ensemble applications
- high-performance computing
- hybrid infrastructure
- infrastructure-as-a-service
- scientific computing