Visualization Application Areas; Visualization Applications On Servers; Acceleration - HP 234664-002 - ProLiant - ML330T02 Technology Brief

Visualization application areas

The rapid advances in GPU technology have made possible a level of performance for Visualization
applications on industry-standard platforms that was unimaginable a decade ago. Currently
visualization applications are used in several industries:
 Computer Aided Design and Computer Aided Engineering
– Fluid Dynamics
– Finite element analysis
 Oil and gas exploration
– Mapping seismic data
– Reservoir modeling
 Medical and life sciences
– Medical image rendering
– Molecular models

Visualization applications on servers

Although Visualization applications are frequently run on workstations, they can also be run on a
server. This is often referred to as a remote Visualization configuration, since the graphic output from
the Visualization application is typically piped to a desktop for viewing using remote viewing
software such as HP Remote Graphics Software or other 3
There are several advantages to running Visualization applications on servers.
 Server processor and memory resources. Servers can provide more processors and larger memory
configurations than many workstations. These may be needed when running more challenging
applications.
 Resource sharing. Using a high-end server in a remote visualization configuration allows it to be
shared by members of an organization needing to run Visualization applications
 Centralization of data. The large data sets involved in Visualization applications can be stored,
accessed and managed more easily. Remote viewing software moves just the images to the
desktop. This saves time, file space and back-up resources, and also provides increased security.
 Remote management. Servers have advanced monitoring and remote management features. This
allows them to be b

Acceleration

Acceleration is a general term for hardware technologies that are designed to significantly speed up
computationally intense tasks and applications. Typically, these applications are scientific or
engineering oriented, although advanced business applications can also be computationally intense.
The numeric co-processors from the first few years of industry- standard computing are an early
example of acceleration technology.
Acceleration usually involves processing very large data sets using very complex or iterative numerical
calculations, typically involving floating point math. These tasks can be accomplished on industry
standard servers using general purpose multi-core CPUs. In recent years, however, vendors have
created cost-effective Acceleration products that provide up to an order of magnitude better
performance for these applications running on industry standard computers.
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