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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Description

What's New in HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3

Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3

What's New in Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 2

Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 2.

What's New in Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 1

Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 1.

What's New in Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 R2

Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 R2.

What's New in Microsoft HPC Pack 2012 Service Pack 1 (SP1)

Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 Service Pack 1.

What's New in Microsoft HPC Pack 2012

Summarizes new and changed features in HPC Pack 2012 to help you get up to speed quickly.

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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Microsoft HPC Pack 2012: Frequently Asked Questions

Answers questions about licensing, requirements, pricing, migration, and backward compatibility for HPC Pack 2012.

Videos

Links to videos about Windows HPC clusters, including overviews of technical computing, monitoring, management, diagnostics, and job scheduling.

See also