“What we’re building with the MOC is the starting point for a simpler, more affordable way of accessing cloud infrastructure services. Partnerships with providers like Lenovo are key to advancing our work, helping bring cutting-edge computing within closer reach of those who need it.”
At-a-Glance
- Customer: Mass Open Cloud Alliance
- Industry: Academic Research
- Product Family: Servers,Networking
- Services: Truscale – Infrastructure as a Service
- Region: North America
- Processor: NVIDIA
- Topic: Artificial Intelligence,Big Data and Analytics,Cloud,Data Management,High Performance Computing,Industry-specific Solutions,IT Transformation
Building a better cloud for research and innovation
The Mass Open Cloud (MOC) Alliance turned to Lenovo TruScale GPU as a Service (GPUaaS) to acquire leading-edge hardware through the simplicity of an easily scalable pay-as-you go model. Now, it can meet growing demand for GPU-intensive computing resources, helping academics and industry advance vital research and development.
Customer Problem
To meet growing demand from researchers, the MOC Alliance was looking to add GPU technology to its cloud infrastructure, but needed to stick to a tight budget.
Lenovo Solution
With flexible leasing through Lenovo TruScale GPUaaS, the MOC Alliance procured 16 Lenovo ThinkSystem SD650-N V2 nodes, each equipped with two NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs.
Business Impact
TruScale GPUaaS has allowed the MOC Alliance to establish a considerably larger GPU cluster than would have been feasible with a traditional procurement model, empowering more researchers to run larger, more complex workloads.
“Thanks to our partnership with Lenovo, we can bring people the best of GPU and CPU computing, at a fraction of the price of other clouds.”
Jon Stumpf, Strategic Engagement Coordinator, Mass Open Cloud Alliance
Results
- · Cost-effective access to cutting-edge GPUs
- · Simpler, more affordable way for researchers to access cloud infrastructure services
- · Easily scalable pay-as-you-go model
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