Home > Workload Solutions > High Performance Computing > White Papers > Ready Solutions for HPC Digital Manufacturing with 3rd Generation AMD EPYC for Siemens Simcenter STAR-CCM+ > Compute Servers
Compute servers provide the computational resources for the HPC system. These servers are used to run the engineering workloads such as Simcenter STAR-CCM+. The best configuration for the compute servers depends on the specific applications in use and the simulation requirements. Since the best configuration may be different for each use case, a table of recommended options are provided that are appropriate for these servers. A specific configuration can be selected to match the requirements of the workloads and use cases. Relevant criteria to consider prior to selecting a compute server configuration are discussed in the application performance chapter of this document. The recommended configuration options for the compute servers are provided in Table 1.
For air-cooled servers, the server platform and system configuration determine the data center ambient temperature requirements. It is recommended to review the server technical specifications to verify that the datacenter ambient temperature complies with the operating temperature limits of the desired server configuration
Platforms |
Dell EMC PowerEdge R6525 |
Processors |
Dual AMD EPYC 7443 (24 cores per socket) |
Memory Options |
256 GB (16 x 16GB 3200 MTps DIMMs) |
Storage Options |
1 x 480GB Mixed Use SATA SSD |
iDRAC |
iDRAC9 Enterprise (R6525) |
Power Supplies |
2 x 800W PSU (R6525) |
Networking |
NVIDIA ConnectX-6 InfiniBand HCA |