Microsoft

Microsoft® Windows XP® is a platform of choice for many users of Fluent's CFD software. FLUENT currently certifies its software on 32bit and 64bit versions of Windows XP. Fluent and Microsoft have also partnered to provide full 64bit support for FLUENT 6.3 on High Performance Computing (HPC) Clusters running Microsoft® Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003. With this 64-bit support, Windows users can run larger simulations than in the past and they will also see performance improvements due to the enhanced memory management and wider memory bandwidth available with 64-bit processors. FLUENT 6.3 running on Windows® Compute Cluster Server 2003 opens the way to cluster-based FLUENT simulations for Windows users

Microsoft Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003

Compute Cluster Server 2003 accelerates time-to-insight by providing an HPC platform that is simple to deploy, operate, and integrate with existing infrastructure and tools. Prescriptive setup procedures simplify network configuration, remote loading of nodes using Remote Installation Services (RIS), node configuration, and security setup. The integrated Job Scheduler, which can be accessed via command-line interface or through several APIs, provides for submitting and managing cluster workloads. CCS uses Active Directory integration to provide end-to-end user and security management, while the Microsoft Management Console (MMC) supports extensible snap-ins and integration with Microsoft Operations Manager (MOM). Microsoft's development platform, Microsoft® Visual Studio 2005, supports parallel application development and debugging on Compute Cluster Server 2003.