Parabon’s Frontier® Grid Platform Extreme-Scale Enterprise Grid Computing Software

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2010 Parabon Computation, Inc. All rights reserved.

2010 Parabon Computation, Inc. All rights reserved.

Parabons Frontier

Grid Platform

Extreme-Scale Enterprise

Grid Computing Software


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Presentation Overview

Introduction to Grid Computing

Frontier Grid Platform Overview

Benefits to Oil & Gas Companies

- Maximize the ROI of existing enterprise resources

- Reduce hardware costs and footprint- Increase server utilization

- Use existing services and legacy apps more efficiently

Case Studies

- Data-heavy applications- Modeling & simulation

- Nanotechnology

- Data center consolidation


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FrontierFrontier Enterprise Grid DeploymentEnterprise Grid Deployment

Frontier Grid Server

Dedicated ServersClusters & Clouds

Enterprise Datacenter

PC, Linux & Mac WorkstationsParabons Frontier Grid Platform is a turn-key,

commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) software solution that

unobtrusively harnesses dedicated and/or unused

computing capacity within your organization to:

Reduce current processing times- From decades to days, or months to minutes

Solve previously intractable problems- Launch data-heavyand compute-intensive jobs

- Manage distributed command & controlapps

- Host cloud computingweb services

Maximize ROI of existing enterprise assets- Use available resources more efficiently

- Avoid costly hardware expenditures!

Parabons Frontier Grid Platform

DEVELOPER TOOLS

Frontier SDK & API Docs

JumpStart App Generator Rapids for Legacy Apps

Origin Evolutionary SDK

USER TOOLS

Dashboard Web Interface

App Store 3rd-Party Apps Grid Software as a Service

Watchman, Blitz, etc.

Frontier Compute Engines


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PC, Linux & Mac Workstations

Frontier Grid ServerThe Frontier Grid Server software

manages the execution of grid jobs

and instantiation of cloud services.

A single instance of the Frontier Grid Server can

manage a grid of up to 1,000 nodes, and Frontier

can be scaled across multiple servers to support

grids of 10,000 computers or more.


80% - 95% of the capacity of most computers goesunused. The Frontier Compute Engine unobtrusively

harnesses that excess computing capacity.



Here we see the CPU utilization of a dual-core system

running Frontier in idle-only mode. After a period of

inactivity, the Compute Engine begins working.As soon as a higher priority eventsuch as user activity

is observed, the engine instantly cedes control.


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The Frontier Compute Engines

browser-based user interface is

consistent across all major platforms.





PC, Linux & Mac Workstations


Frontiers unmatched security model allows it to be

deployed safely across the entire enterprise. The

Compute Engine can run within clouds, datacenters,

or on HPC clusters either natively or as a virtual

appliance with no operational impact.

Built-In Hypervisor

In addition, the Frontier Compute Engine includes

a built-in Hypervisor, allowing customized virtual

machines (VMs) to be deployed across the grid

and executed on commodity hardware.


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Rich Reporting Capability

Frontier jobs can be monitored, peak and

current capacity can be measured, and grid

utilization can be managed, all through an

intuitive, easy-to-use HTML front-end.

The Frontier Dashboard provides a platform as a service

portal into which developers can deploy their grid-powered

web applications for users to run in their browsers. In addition,

the Dashboard allows users and grid administrators to manage

their Frontier accounts and configure their Frontier Compute

Engine and Frontier Enterprise Server settingsfrom any

standard web browser.

Frontier Dashboard


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Features and Benefits of Frontier

Save Money- Increase ROI on existing IT infrastructure

- Consolidate servers; increase efficiency

- Reduce power, space & cooling costs

- Avoid costly hardware expenditures

Save Time- Reduce processing timeDecades to days; months to minutes

- Deploy quickly

- Improve developer productivity Create new apps in 10 minutes

Do More- Develop new extreme-scale solutions

- Get longer and better use of legacy apps

- Run grid jobs and deploy cloud services acrossyour entire enterprise or datacenter

Integrated VM ManagementUsers can programmatically launch grid jobs or

instantiate cloud services to auto-provisioned

VMs.

Service OrientationMore than grid middleware, Frontier comes with a

complete services stack that includes

Infrastructure, Platform, and Software as a Servicelayers.

Rock-Solid SecurityFrontier has layers of safeguards built-in for

protecting providers and users, making it the most

secure grid on the market.

Extreme ScalabilityFrontier is used to manage grids ranging fromsmall lab deployments to large networks

comprised of 10,000+ computers without

affecting normal operations.


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Applicable Domains for Frontier

Assembly Planning

Biodefense

Bioinformatics

Biometrics (multi-modal)

Capacity Planning

Climate ModelingCloud Services

Combinatorial Optimization

Cybersecurity Simulation

Data Fusion

Data Mining

Decision Support

Decryption

Distributed Denial of Service(DDoS) Testing

Distributed Storage

Drug Discovery

Environmental Modeling

Evolutionary Optimization

Extract, Transform & Load (ETL)

Financial Forecasting

Genomic SequencingIntelligence, Surveillance &

Reconnaissance (ISR)

Load Balancing

Load & Performance Testing

Logistical Planning

Machine Learning

Modeling & Simulation

Molecular ModelingMonte Carlo Simulations

Nanotechnology

Network Monitoring & Analysis

Oil & Gas Exploration

Operations Research

Optimization

Parameter Studies

Photorealistic RenderingPredictive Analytics

Proteomics

Psychometric Profiling

Robotic Motion Planning

Sensitivity Analysis

Search

Sensor Placement Optimization

Statistical AnalysisSteganography

Weather Prediction

Frontier increases efficiency in many domains. How can Frontier help you?

and more!


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Case Studies

Examples ofFrontier Powered Applications


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From Concept

1. Develop

Concept

2. Design

3. Optimize

4. Repeat

5. Procure

Optimized

DNA

6. Assemble

9 DNA strands

1 plus motifA 4x4 functionalizable construct

built from 16 plus motifs

x 16

to Creation


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inSquio Sequence Design Studio


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The inSquio Sequence Design Studio, a

Frontier application, provides CAD tools for

specifying such nanostructure designs. It then

uses grid supercomputing capacity to searchthrough the vast space of possible DNA

sequence sets for the rare few able to self-

assemble into the target design. Typical

searches would take years to perform on a

single computer, but require minutes or hours

on the Frontier Grid Platform.


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An AFM image of an

actual fenestrated

origami nanostructure

less than 100 nmon

each side.


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Case Studies:Datacenter Consolidation

Pain Points Power/Space/Cooling Expenses

Costly Hardware Expenditures

Server Requirements to Satisfy Peak Demand

Low Utilization Rates During Off-Peak Times

ProblemUnderutilized Servers

Benefits Reduced Hardware and Carbon Footprint

Curtailed Future Hardware Expenditures

Reduced Power/Space/Cooling Expenses

Full Server Utilization and Maximized Efficiency

Maximized ROI of Existing Enterprise Resources

Automatic Load Balancing and Elasticity

SolutionVirtual Machine Consolidation


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