Run FDS in the Cloud with Sabalcore HPC
Run FDS in the cloud using Sabalcore’s flexible and easy to use High Performance Computing service. Our HPC Cloud allows fire engineers to easily configure and run FDS simulations. Dramatically increase processing power and complete your simulations quickly. In some cases, 10x faster.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Fire Dynamics Simulator (FDS) is a computational fluid dynamics (CFD) model of fire-driven fluid flow. The software solves numerically a form of the Navier-Stokes equations appropriate for low-speed, thermally-driven flow, with an emphasis on smoke and heat transport from fires. This type of solver requires high-performance computing (HPC) systems to complete simulations in a reasonable time. Use our HPC systems to process very large or numerous FDS models.
- Requires no HPC expertise
- Suitable for small to very large projects and on going production
- Process very large simulations requiring hundreds of processors
- Run multiple simulations concurrently
- Start and stop jobs quickly
- Works well with your existing workflow
- Download results quickly
- Store TBs of data long-term
- Robust scripting capabilities for automation, reporting, and more.
PyroSim™
It’s easy for PyroSim users to run their simulations at Sabalcore. You can actively control, monitor, and access all the output files of your simulation in real-time using our built-in remote desktop.
- After you create the model in PyroSim simply export the .fds file and copy it to your Sabalcore account using the transfer tools we provide.
- Next, set up your job using the FDS launcher by choose the processor and RAM configuration you require.
- Submit the job for processing. View and access output as the jobs is simulating. Download your results or store them long-term.
Why use Sabalcore HPC Cloud?
Sabalcore HPC systems were specifically designed to run computationally intensive numerical applications with performance, efficiency and reliability in mind. Sabalcore compute systems, storage systems, and networks are bare-metal and operate without performance restrictions. The Sabalcore platform was built specifically for CFD applications that use MPI for multi-node processing such as FDS.
- Access compute resources in seconds.
- Download fast using our proprietary file transfer technology.
- Back versions of FDS available and easily accessible.
- Extensive batch, queue, and scripting capabilities.
- High performance interconnects (NVIDIA® Mellanox® Quantum™ Infiniband) for MPI
- High performance parallel file system – reads and writes across numerous direct-attached storage targets simultaneously for optimal performance.
- Long-term storage included. 100GB free each month.
Start simulating quickly. Get the most out of the cloud with our bare-metal HPC clusters. Simply log into the service, upload your model using the built-in transfer client, select your compute resources, and run your models.
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Work in the Cloud
Sabalcore’s ssClient with Remote Visualization and command-line interfaces allows for easy migration to the cloud. Run Smokeview while the simulation is running. Start a simulation on one PC, then access it from another. Your session is persistent and can be accessed anywhere, anytime without interrupting the simulation.
With features like remote visualization powered by NVIDIA GPUs, accelerated data transfer, and high-performance parallel processing, it’s like having your own workstation in the cloud.
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