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Getting Started Guide
This guide provides basic conceptual information and general procedures for installing a high performance computing cluster using Windows® HPC Server 2008 R2.
Whitepaper: Running Excel Workbooks on a Windows HPC Cluster
Windows HPC Server 2008 R2 Suite now enables running distributed instances of Excel 2010 on a Windows HPC cluster, where each instance is running an independent recalculation or iteration of the same workbook with a different dataset.
Whitepaper: Adding Workstations to HPC Server Clusters
You can now add computers that are running the Windows 7 operating system to your HPC cluster. These computers are added as workstation nodes, and you can use them to run cluster jobs. Workstation nodes are not dedicated cluster computers, and can be used for other tasks. They can automatically become available to run cluster jobs according to a weekly availability policy that you configure (for example, every night on weekdays and all day on weekends), or they can be brought online manually, depending on the configuration that you choose.
Deployment
Deployment Guide
This guide provides conceptual information for planning the deployment of a high performance computing cluster using Windows® HPC Server 2008. It also provides step-by-step procedures for deploying the head node in your cluster, adding compute nodes, and for verifying that your deployment was successful.
Cluster Topologies
The first step in the deployment of your HPC cluster is to make important decisions, such as deciding how you will be adding nodes to your cluster, and choosing a network topology for your cluster.
Management
Windows HPC Server 2008 System Management Overview
Learn more about Windows HPC Server 2008 R2, and how it brings the power of high performance computing to mainstream while enhancing end users' and cluster administrators' productivity.
HPC PowerShell Technical Reference
Download the technical reference content including the reference for the HPC-specific command-line commands and PowerShell commands included with Windows® HPC Server 2008.
Extensibility
Windows HPC Developer Tools Datasheet
In the era of parallel computing, whether on an eight-way multi-core system or an 800-node cluster, what you choose to place in your toolbox suddenly matters more and can have a dramatic impact on how productive you will be, and how efficient your code will be. Microsoft understands this and has put together a rich ecosystem of tools that address the needs of multi-core and cluster programmers. Take a quick tour of Microsoft Visual Studio and some of its partner tools.
