Case Study: Arizona State University achieves faster scientific discovery with Dell Technologies high-performance computing

Accelerating scientific research with high performance computing

Arizona State University’s Research Computing organization needed leading-edge high-performance computing to drive compute- and data-intensive research across disciplines. To meet that challenge ASU partnered with Dell Technologies, deploying a Dell EMC PowerEdge–based supercomputing cluster with Intel® Xeon® processors, GPU accelerators, Dell EMC PowerScale Isilon storage, high‑speed interconnects (Intel® Omni‑Path, InfiniBand, Ethernet) and software such as Omnia and Open OnDemand.

Dell Technologies’ solution delivers a heterogeneous HPC environment — 14,000 CPU cores, 330 GPUs, 1.2 PB of high‑speed scratch storage and 4 PB of PowerScale Isilon — that now averages 8 million core‑hours per month, serves 500–600 users monthly (1,300 distinct users annually) and runs about 500,000 jobs per month. Dell Technologies’ hardware, Open OnDemand access and Omnia collaboration have broadened participation (including humanities and classroom use), accelerated COVID‑19 and other research, and helped ASU “give minutes back to science.”

Arizona State University

Douglas Jennewein

Senior director of Research Computing