1 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017 ANSYS HPC Licensing Options - Release 18.0 -
4 Main Products HPC (per-process) 10 instead of 8 in 1 st Pack at Release 18.0 and higher HPC Pack HPC product rewarding volume parallel processing for high-fidelity simulations Each simulation consumes one or more Packs Parallel enabled increases quickly with added Packs HPC Workgroup HPC product rewards volume parallel processing for increased simulation throughput shared among engineers throughout a single location or the world 16 to 32768 parallel shared across any number of simulations on a single server HPC Parametric Pack Enables simultaneous execution of multiple design points while consuming just one set of licenses Parallel Enabled (Cores) 8 32 128 512 2048 8192 32768 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 HPC Packs per Simulation Single HPC solution for FEA/CFD/FSI and any level of fidelity 2 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
New at R18.0 - Built-in HPC for New CFD Products Premium and Enterprise (solver) license has 4 built-in HPC tasks enabling to run up to 4 parallel cores without requiring additional HPC licenses Note: In order to go beyond 4 parallel cores for a single simulation, these built-in HPC tasks can be combined with HPC tasks enabled by either ANSYS HPC licenses or an ANSYS HPC Workgroup license AIM uses 2 cores and does not use additional HPC 3 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Option 1 ANSYS HPC Basic option for low-level HPC (e.g. 3-4 cores) Each core in a parallel run consumes 1x HPC task Mechanical licences include 2x free cores Becomes expensive if used for large number of cores hence other options are available! 4 2015 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017 ANSYS Confidential
Option 1 ANSYS HPC - Examples Scenario 1: 3x Mechanical licences, 6x HPC licences Mechanical includes 2x built-in HPC licenses Simultaneous runs User 1: solve on 2 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence User 2: solve on 4 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence, 2x HPC User 3: solve on 6 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence, 4x HPC Scenario 2: 3x CFD licences, 6x HPC licences Simultaneous runs User 1: solve on 4 core consumes 1x CFD licence User 2: solve on 6 cores consumes 1x CFD licence, 2x HPC User 3: solve on 8 cores consumes 1x CFD licence, 4x HPC Scenario 3: 1x CFD, 1x Mechanical, 6x HPC licences System coupling Simultaneous runs CFD: solve on 6 cores consumes 1x CFD licence, 2x HPC Mech: solve on 6 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence, 4x HPC 5 2015 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017 ANSYS Confidential
Option 2 ANSYS HPC Workgroup ANSYS HPC Workgroup provides parallel capacity for multiple users and multiple simulations Volume discounted access to parallel processes Available in blocks from 16, 32, 64,, doubling up to 32768 processes Shared across any number of simulation tasks and users Local Users HPC Resource or License Server ANSYS HPC Workgroup Parallel Block 6 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Option 2 ANSYS HPC Workgroup - Examples Scenario 1: 3x Mechanical licences, 1x HPC Workgroup 16 Mechanical includes 2x built-in HPC licenses Simultaneous runs User 1: solve on 8 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence, 6/16 WG HPC tasks User 2: solve on 8 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence, 6/16 WG HPC tasks User 3: solve on 6 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence, 4/16 WG HPC tasks Scenario 2: 3x CFD licences, 1x HPC Workgroup 16 Simultaneous runs User 1: solve on 10 cores consumes 1x CFD licence, 6/16 WG HPC tasks User 2: solve on 10 cores consumes 1x CFD licence, 6/16 WG HPC tasks User 3: solve on 8 cores consumes 1x CFD licence, 4/16 WG HPC tasks Scenario 3: 1x CFD, 1x Mechanical, 1x HPC WG 16 System coupling Simultaneous runs CFD: solve on 10 cores consumes 1x CFD licence, 6/16 WG HPC tasks Mech: solve on 10 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence, 8/16 WG HPC tasks Remaining two tasks from the Workgroup 16 bundle are available in the pool 7 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Option 3 ANSYS HPC Pack Provides large scale parallel capabilities on individual runs A single HPC Pack provides 10 cores. Adding additional packs quadruples every time 8 cores (32,128,512, 2028, etc.) Cores from one Pack cannot be split across multiple runs, and/or combined with individual HPC or HPC Workgroup licenses 8 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Option 3 ANSYS HPC Pack Example 1 If I buy 5 HPC Packs and I have 5 solver seats, it will enable 5 simultaneous simulations, each running 10-way parallel! Parallel Enabled (Cores) 512 2048 128 32 10 Solver Jobs 5 4 10 3 10 2 10 1 10 10 8 1 2 3 4 5 Packs per Simulation 9 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Option 3 ANSYS HPC Pack Example 2 If I buy 5 HPC Packs and I have 4 solver seats, it will also enable 3 simultaneous simulations, each running 10-way parallel, and 1 large case simulation running 32-way parallel. Parallel Enabled (Cores) 10 32 128 512 2048 1 Solver Jobs 2 10 3 10 4 10 32 1 2 3 4 5 Packs per Simulation 10 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Option 3 ANSYS HPC Pack Example 3 Parallel Enabled (Cores) If I buy 5 HPC Packs and I have sufficient HPC capacity, it will also enable 1 simulation running 128-way parallel, and 1 simulation running 32-way parallel. 10 32 128 512 2048 Solver Jobs 1 32 1 2 3 4 5 2 128 11 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Option 3 ANSYS HPC Pack Example 4 Parallel Enabled (Cores) If I buy 5 HPC Packs and I have sufficient HPC capacity, it will also allow scale-out at 2048 parallel essentially unlimited parallel! 10 32 128 512 2048 Solver Jobs 1 1 2 3 4 5 2048 12 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Option 3 ANSYS HPC Pack Example 5 HPC Pack overrides 2x built-in HPC licenses Scenario 1: 3x Mechanical licences, 2x HPC Pack Simultaneous runs Scenario 2: 3x CFD licences, 3x HPC Pack Simultaneous runs User 1: solve on 10 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence, 1x HPC Pack User 2: solve on 10 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence, 1x HPC Pack User 3: solve on 2 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence NOTE: HPC Packs cannot be split. User 3 cannot use User 2 s unused cores HPC Packs override 4x built-in HPC licenses User 1: solve on 32 cores consumes 1x CFD licence, 2x HPC Packs User 2: solve on 8 cores consumes 1x CFD licence, 1x HPC Pack User 3: solve on 4 cores consumes 1x CFD licence Scenario 3: 1x CFD, 1x Mechanical, 2x HPC Pack System coupling Simultaneous runs CFD: solve on 10 cores consumes 1x CFD licence, 1x HPC Pack Mech: solve on 10 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence, 1x HPC Pack NOTE: HPC Packs are not shared between solvers in System Coupling run 13 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Option 4 ANSYS HPC Parametric Pack HPC license for running parametric FEA or CFD simulations on multiple CPU cores simultaneously, and more cost effectively Number of Simultaneous Design Points Enabled 64 Key Benefits Ability to automatically and simultaneously execute design points while consuming just one set of application licenses Scalable because number of simultaneous design points enabled increases quickly with added packs Amplifies complete workflow because design points can include execution of multiple applications (pre, meshing, solve, HPC, post) 32 16 8 4 1 2 3 4 5 Number of HPC Parametric Pack Licenses 14 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Option 4 ANSYS HPC Parametric Pack - Explore Parametric Designs Faster, More Cost Effectively 15 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Option 4 ANSYS HPC Parametric Pack Example Scenario 1: 2x Mechanical licences, 1x HPC Parametric Pack Parametric Pack enables 4x simultaneous DPs Simultaneous runs User 1: solves 4 Parametric Design Points, each running on 2 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence, 1x HPC Parametric Pack User 2: solve on 2 cores consumes 1x Mechanical licence Scenario 2: 1x CFD licences, 1x HPC Pack, 1x HPC Parametric Pack Parametric Pack also multiplies HPC licences Simultaneous runs DP0 DP1 DP2 DP3 DP0 DP1 DP2 DP3 User 1: solves 4 Parametric Design Points, each running on 10 cores consumes 1x CFD licence, 1x HPC Pack, 1x HPC Parametric Pack 16 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
HPC Licensing Enabling Hardware Accelerators - One HPC Task Required to Unlock one Nvidia GPU or Xeon Phi! Licensing Examples: 1 x ANSYS HPC Pack Total 10 HPC Tasks (5 GPUs Max) Example of Valid Configurations: 8 CPU Cores + 2 GPUs 6 CPU Cores + 4 GPUs 2 x ANSYS HPC Pack Total 32 HPC Tasks (16 GPUs Max)..... (Applies to all license schemes: ANSYS HPC, ANSYS HPC Pack, ANSYS HPC Workgroup) 24 CPU Cores + 8 GPUs (Total Use of 2 Compute Nodes) 17 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Which Type of Licensing is Right For Me? ANSYS HPC and ANSYS HPC Workgroup give full, flexible use of a pool of licenses. ANSYS HPC Pack gives quick scale-up but is more restrictive in how users can use it. The ability to be more flexible is why the HPC Workgroup options cost more than the HPC Packs. 18 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
ANSYS HPC Pack - Scalable Pricing for Capability Computing Example: Running on 2,000 cores instead of 20 cores at 1.5X cost premium and not 100X 19 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
ANSYS HPC Workgroup - Volume Pricing for Capacity Computing Example: Filling up a 1024- instead of 128-core cluster with 32-core jobs will cut the price per job in half! 20 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
ANSYS HPC Parametric Pack - Capacity Computing For Design Exploration Example: Enabling 64 instead of 4 simultaneous design points at ~3X cost premium and not 16X 21 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017
Wrap-up - Licensing Multiple Licensing options to fit different requirements. HPC Packs for quick scale-up HPC Workgroup for Flexibility. GPU s treated the same as cores in terms of licensing. As you scale-up License cost decreases per core. Per core pricing becomes less of an issue. 22 2016 ANSYS, Inc. March 12, 2017