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Microsoft HPC Pack 2012: Product Evaluation and Planning

Updated: April 17, 2013

Applies To: Microsoft HPC Pack 2012

This section contains information to help a cluster administrator evaluate and plan for a Windows HPC cluster by using Microsoft® HPC Pack 2012.

Note
The Getting Started Guide for HPC Pack 2012 includes important planning information such as system requirements, network topologies, and other deployment options. For detailed information, see Step 1: Prepare for Your Deployment.

This section includes the following documents:

Title	Description
What's New in Microsoft HPC Pack 2012	Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 to help you get up to speed quickly.
Compatibility of Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 with Previous Versions of HPC Pack	Summarizes the compatibility of HPC Pack 2012 with HPC Pack 2008 R2 and HPC Pack 2008.
Database Capacity Planning and Tuning for Microsoft HPC Pack	Helps you determine the database configuration and additional tuning options that are appropriate for your Windows HPC cluster.

The following additional resources are available to help you evaluate HPC Pack:

Title	Description
Microsoft HPC Pack 2012: Frequently Asked Questions	Answers questions about licensing, requirements, pricing, migration, and backward compatibility for HPC Pack 2012.
Videos	Links to videos about Windows HPC clusters, including overviews of technical computing, monitoring, management, diagnostics, and job scheduling.