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Windows HPC is a high performance computing (HPC) solution built on Windows Server technology and Microsoft HPC Pack. The Windows HPC solution combines a comprehensive set of deployment, administration, job scheduling, and monitoring tools for your Windows HPC cluster environment, and a flexible platform for developing and running HPC applications.

The latest version of the HPC Pack is Microsoft HPC Pack 2012. HPC Pack allows you to create, manage, and run HPC applications on Windows HPC clusters consisting of dedicated on-premises compute nodes, part-time servers, workstation computers, and hybrid deployments that can include resources that are deployed in Windows Azure.

The following resources provide information about evaluating and using Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 and for operating Windows HPC Server 2008 R2.

 

Try Microsoft HPC Pack 2012

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Evaluate Microsoft HPC Pack 2012

What's New
Information about the new features and changes available in Microsoft HPC Pack 2012, including Windows Azure integration and node management.

Release Notes
Includes late-breaking issues and information about Microsoft HPC Pack 2012.

Getting Started Guide
Basic conceptual information and general procedures for installing a high performance computing (HPC) cluster by using Microsoft HPC Pack 2012.

 

Manage Microsoft HPC Pack 2012

Cluster Administration
Information to help a cluster administrator manage, monitor, and configure a Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 cluster by using HPC Cluster Manager.

Job Management
Microsoft HPC Pack provides an integrated application platform for running, managing, and developing parallel computing applications. HPC Job Manager provides your primary interface for submitting and monitoring jobs on a cluster.

Best Practices for Large Deployments of Windows Azure Nodes with Microsoft HPC Pack
This topic provides guidance and best practices recommendations to assist in planning and implementing a large deployment of Windows Azure nodes from an on-premises HPC Pack cluster. These best practices should help minimize the occurrence of Windows Azure deployment timeouts, deployment failures, and loss of live instances. Applies to Microsoft HPC Pack 2012, Microsoft HPC Pack 2008 R2, and Windows HPC Server 2008 R2.

 

Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 resources

 

Technical reference

Product version documentation

Downloads

Tools and sample code

Microsoft Connect

Training

Related sites

Product team blog posts

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