TotalCAE leverages the HPE OEM program to build turnkey high-performance computing

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Crash testing an automobile is essential to ensure safety. But a physical car can only be crashed once, so repeating tests becomes very expensive. However, a simulated vehicle can be crashed repeatedly—millions of times if necessary. Simulations like this require lots of computing horsepower. Yet, acquiring enough computing power can be challenging for engineers because HPC systems are typically complex, costly, and difficult to maintain.

Engineers want to solve problems and make discoveries, not worry about IT. That’s why small firms and large Fortune 500 enterprises alike turn to TotalCAE. With TotalCAE, engineers get a turnkey HPC appliance that provides all the computing power and simulation software they need to run their workloads out of the box. Once the appliance is plugged in at the engineering firm, engineers just connect to it through a standard web browser and begin running their simulation workloads immediately. It’s as simple as that.

Rodney Mach, president and founder of TotalCAE, says, “With just a few clicks, engineers can push their simulation workloads to our appliance, and get an email back when the results are ready. It’s literally three clicks to solve for whatever simulation they are running, so they can focus on engineering and not on IT.” The TotalCAE HPC appliance has a huge impact on engineering projects. Simulations for engineering work such as computational fluid dynamics and finite element analysis can take days, if not weeks, to return results when run on traditional computing workstations. With the TotalCAE HPC appliance, engineers can get results in a matter of hours. That time difference allows for many more iterations to fine-tune auto or aerospace designs, uncover valuable medical discoveries, and produce world-changing innovations.

As a small company, TotalCAE needs to be fast and nimble when responding to customer opportunities. Going through traditional channels to get price quotes on the hardware platforms needed to build its appliances was long and tedious, and it risked losing business to competitors. Mach found the solution to this problem with the HPE OEM program. As an HPE OEM partner, TotalCAE defines pre-configured server clusters—typically based on HPE ProLiant DL360 or DL380 servers—for the types of simulation workloads most commonly used by engineers. The company currently has five standardized clusters, each of which can be ordered with a single SKU (stock-keeping unit) number, making the process fast and easy.

Mach notes, “We sell the same types of appliance configurations over and over again, and we need maximum sales velocity for that. The HPE OEM program meets that velocity demand.” “Our customers don’t want to deal with any technical problems,” Mach emphasizes. “The fact that HPE can be on-site the next business day to handle any hardware issues provides assurance that our customers are taken care of anywhere in the world. We can stay focused on our business and expanding the reach of our HPC solutions.

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Nabanita Maji
Hewlett Packard Enterprise

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