The Power of Proactive Cluster Management
Managing an HPC cluster requires technical expertise and strategic oversight. In today’s fast-paced landscape, ensuring high availability, performance, efficiency, and scalability is a full-time responsibility. Poor management can lead to serious consequences, such as: financial loss, reputational damage, stalled innovation, and staff attrition.
Our service:
- Infrastructure Oversight: Managing the deployment, configuration, and ongoing maintenance of compute nodes, storage, and networking hardware.
- Health Monitoring: Tracking system performance, hardware status, and network connectivity to detect and prevent failures.
- Configuration & Orchestration: Ensuring consistent, stable cluster-wide settings, software versions, and firmware across all nodes.
- Incident Response: Rapidly diagnosing and resolving hardware and system issues to maintain high availability.
- Resource & Capacity Planning: Evaluating workload demands to optimise cluster scalability and resource allocation.
- Backup & Recovery: Establishing data protection and disaster recovery measures to maintain business continuity.
- Reporting & Analytics: Providing actionable insights through monitoring data and performance metrics.
We worked closely with Red Oak during our first steps in our cloud-HPC journey at Johnson Matthey. Starting from our proof-of concept evaluating the offering of cloud providers to the Pilot phase and roll-out, Red Oak worked with JM to navigate technical challenges and deliver a solution with Microsoft Azure that now enables our scientist to leverage HPC and simulate sustainable materials for the future.”
Johnson Matthey
I highly recommend ROMS for their exceptional HPC (High-Performance Computing) support services. From the moment we engaged with them, their professionalism and expertise were evident. They demonstrated a deep understanding of our needs and provided tailored solutions that perfectly aligned with our requirements. Their level of engagement and commitment to delivering high-quality results matched our expectations. Red Oak Consultancy has proven to be a reliable and knowledgeable partner in the realm of HPC, and we continue to benefit from their valuable support.”
Lloyd’s Register
Our key Maintenance & Support Services
HPC User Support
Our experienced HPC specialists integrate seamlessly with your organisation, delivering tailored user support as and when you need it. Whether for short projects or ongoing assistance, we ensure your users have the expertise and responsiveness to stay effective.
HPC Software Support
Our HPC software specialists provide reliable, flexible support across operating systems, middleware, and applications. We work alongside your team to maintain stability, optimise performance, and resolve issues efficiently
Knowledge Transfer
Our team helps your in-house HPC specialists grow confidently and independently. From tailored training sessions and hands-on workshops to clear documentation and best-practice guidance, we enable your team to own and optimise your high-performance computing environment.
Research Computing Services
Our Research Computing Services (ResOps) provide comprehensive support specifically designed to streamline your research processes and maximise the impact of your HPC infrastructure.
Powering the Future of Performance
Our team of expert HPC and Cloud Computing engineers goes beyond maintenance and support – we provide peace of mind. We ensure the critical infrastructure powering research and innovation runs smoothly and reliably.
- Reputational Assurance: Our consultants possess in-depth knowledge and insights only experience can bring.
- Comprehensive Support: We provide expert guidance across all your HPC and Cloud computing needs.
- Peace of Mind: Eliminate recruitment headaches and focus on what matters most – your business goals.
- Renowned Expertise: Recognised as industry leaders, our consultants bring unparalleled professionalism, knowledge, and skill to every project.
- Risk Mitigation: Minimise disruption and safeguard business continuity with our seamless support services.
- Cost Efficiency: Save time and resources by leveraging the expertise of our highly skilled specialists.
Explore Our Range of HPC Consultancy Services
Strategy & Planning
Develop an HPC strategy that meets the current and future
needs of all users and includes securing funding for a sustainable solution.
Procurement
Managing the complex process of HPC technical specifications, as in-depth as required, to deliver the right solution, on time and in budget.
Implementation
Reduce downtime, mitigate risk, improve performance and ensure reliability to enhance business productivity.
Optimisation
Understand your workflows, the ratio of computational intensity vs data intensity, test performance, speed, agility, whilst analysing all HPC costs to understand its true value.
Managed Services
Boost productivity with our HPC Cloud Computing services, including expert support, system management and research engineering.
With unparalleled experience in deploying major, multi-million-pound systems worldwide, Red Oak Consulting stands as a leader in the field.
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