OCF, a high-performance compute (HPC), storage, cloud and AI integrator, has partnered with the cloudy RONIN to provide its customers with an application to support and ease the adoption of HPC cloud services in research institutions.
RONIN’s web application allows researchers to launch complex compute resources, while helping to control usage, scheduling and budget management.
The pair are members of the AWS Partner Network (APN), OCF and RONIN will together be able to help research computing take advantage of the benefits of public cloud. Using RONIN, researchers can spin-up environments as needed for short term requirements or assess the usefulness of advancements in co-processors or software frameworks without the onus of large capital expenditure or long lead times. It also supports those organisations taking their first steps in AI and machine learning, giving them easy access to the latest GPU technology.
The public cloud is already being used to augment on-premises resources in many institutions, what RONIN brings is a way of managing the public cloud as a central resource, giving researchers the freedom to spin-up resources in a simple repeatable manner, compliant with an institution’s policies.
RONIN Global Operations VP Byron Low said: “Not only do our researchers and scientists have the responsibility of expanding humanity’s understanding of the physical and natural world, but they are also often thrust into roles such as system administrator, network engineer and storage manager in order to enter the world of cloud computing and e-research. RONIN’s simple and easy to use application takes away any of the challenges faced with managing and controlling the use of HPC cloud services within a research setting or organisation.”
OCF Sales director Andrew Dean said: “With RONIN, the public cloud becomes another resource that a central research computing department can share with its user community – giving users the self-service capabilities they desire, along with the oversight and control required by the organisation. It’s a win-win, and I believe a big step forward for institutions to be able to seriously start taking advantage of the public cloud for research at an institutional level.”
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