Ellexus is the I/O profiling company and we are often asked how our tools compare to Darshan. Darshan is a popular open source tool for profiling MPI I/O in high performance computing environments. In this comparison we look at some of the benefits of Darshan and how
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Amazon Web Services has now launched per-second billing, not only for their EC2 instances for also for EBS volume storage. What does that mean for you? You might be jumping for joy – this could save you money after all – but it’s worth being wary. A
Read more →New storage solutions are starting to fundamentally alter the HPC storage arena. Organisations are keen to switch to the most efficient solution, be it a cloud architecture or a new low-power offering. However, systems are not able to cope with these changes. Each architecture poses such varying
Read more →The HPC industry is starting to experience a fundamental shift in the way it pays for storage. The accessibility and instant nature of cloud services are slowly changing the mindset of those who require compute clusters, making systems far more accessible for all. However, the pay-as-you-go method
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Yesterday we had a surprise visit from the British Prime Minister. Complete with security and press entourage, he called into the St John’s Innovation Centre for a cup of tea and a chat with some of the local tech companies. Our Managing Director, Dr Rosemary Francis was
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