Storm Rider Software HPC Cluster Software RQJ

Storm Rider Software has decades of experience in High Performance Computing (HPC) (writing and running large clusters). Our Company needed a large HPC batch system for an upcoming security product. Commercial products are simply too expensive and complex. We thought we could use an open source product. Wrong! These products have not been maintained for years, require old undocumented build environments and libraries and won't compile under a modern compiler. After futzing around way too long, we wrote a queuing system that automatically solves most Administrator problems. It is resilient, self-healing and low maintenance. If you ever wanted to start your own HPC cluster but were scared of costs, complexity and personnel requirements RQJ is for you.

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Feature SRS RQJ Commercial Alternatives Open Source
Requires $200K+ admin No Yes Yes
Requires user compilation No No Yes
Compilable by Modern Compiler Yes Yes No
Single Core, SMP, Open SMP, MPI Support Yes Yes Depends on Package
Self Healing, Fault Tolerent, Low Maintenance Yes No No
Cost Effective for Non-Fortune 1000 Yes No No
Setup Time less than 2 hours
(small cluster)		 Several Months Several Months
Junior Admin can Setup Yes No No
Simple Administration Yes No No
Windows & Linux Support Yes No No
Commercial Support Yes Yes No
Money Back Guarantee Yes No No


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What can be Automated?

If a Windows .bat file or a Linux .sh file can be created to run a job, then the job class is a prime candidate for automation. If it takes at least tens of runs the job class is ripe for automation. Typical problems include most engineering software, seismics, financial processing and genetics.


Pricing

$150 US dollars/CPU core for each machine in the cluster per year.

One Year Total Cost of Ownership

TCO DATA -- Assumes Senior Administrator and Programmer and 3 months to configure. RQJ assumes junior administrator. No further assumptions are made on Setup Costs. Assumes one year of Administrator cost although with RQJ the administrator will be free for other duties.
Line Item RQJ Commercial Alternatives Open Source
48 Core License 7,200.00 22,050.00 0.00
Administration Costs 75,000.00 250,000.00 250,000.00
Setup Costs 68.18 61,643.84 61,643.84
Total Costs (48 cores) $82,200.00 $272,050.00 $250,000.00
96 Core License14,400.00 43,650.00 0.00
Administration Costs 75,000.00 250,000.00 250,000.00
Setup Costs 68.18 61,643.84 61,643.84
Total Costs (96 cores) $89,400.00 $293,650.00 $250,000.00
500 Core License 75,000.00 225,450.00 0.00
Administration Costs 75,000.00 250,000.00 250,000.00
Setup Costs 68.18 61,643.84 61,643.84
Total Costs (500 cores) $150,000.00 $475,450.00 $250,000.00
1000 Core License 150,000.00 450,450.00 0.00
Administration Costs 75,000.00 250,000.00 250,000.00
Setup Costs 68.18 61,643.84 61,643.84
Total Costs (1000 cores) $225,000.00 $700,450.00 $250,000.00
2000 Core License 300,000.00 900,450.00 0.00
Administration Costs 75,000.00 250,000.00 250,000.00
Setup Costs 68.18 61,643.84 61,643.84
Total Costs (2000 cores) $375,000.00 $1,150,450.00 $250,000.00


To Purchase Contact:


sales@stormridersoftware.com

or

Attn: Sales
Storm Rider Software LLC
4321 Kingwood Dr. #57
Kingwood Texas 77339