Microsoft HPC Pack: Product Evaluation and Planning
Applies To: Microsoft HPC Pack 2012, Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 R2
This section contains information to help a cluster administrator evaluate and plan for a Windows HPC cluster by using Microsoft® HPC Pack 2012 R2 or Microsoft® HPC Pack 2012.
Note
The Getting Started Guide for HPC Pack includes important additional planning information such as network topologies and node deployment options. For detailed information, see Step 1: Prepare for Your Deployment.
In this section
This section includes the following documents:
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Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3 |
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Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 2. |
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Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 1. |
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Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 R2. |
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Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 Service Pack 1. |
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Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 to help you get up to speed quickly. |
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System Requirements for Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 R2 and HPC Pack 2012 |
Lists the basic hardware, software, and other requirements to install and run Microsoft® HPC Pack 2012. |
Compatibility of Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 R2 and HPC Pack 2012 with Previous Versions of HPC Pack |
Summarizes the compatibility of HPC Pack 2012 with HPC Pack 2008 R2 and HPC Pack 2008. |
Database Capacity Planning and Tuning for Microsoft HPC Pack |
Helps you determine the database configuration and additional tuning options that are appropriate for your Windows HPC cluster. |
Additional resources
The following additional resources are available to help you evaluate HPC Pack:
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Answers questions about licensing, requirements, pricing, migration, and backward compatibility for HPC Pack 2012. |
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Links to videos about Windows HPC clusters, including overviews of technical computing, monitoring, management, diagnostics, and job scheduling. |