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- # Big Compute in Azure: Technical resources for batch and high performance computing (HPC)
- This is a guide to technical resources to help you run your large-scale parallel, batch, and HPC workloads in Azure. Extend your existing batch or HPC workloads to the Azure cloud, or build new Big Compute solutions in Azure using a range of Azure services.
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- ## Solutions options
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- Learn about Big Compute options in Azure, and choose the right approach for your workload and business need.
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- * [Batch and HPC solutions](batch-hpc-solutions.md)
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- * [Video: Big Compute in the cloud with Azure and HPC](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/videos/teched-europe-2014-big-compute-in-the-cloud-with-high-performance-computing-on-azure/)
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- ## Azure Batch
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- [Batch](https://azure.microsoft.com/services/batch/) is a platform service that makes it easy to cloud-enable your Linux and Windows applications and run jobs without setting up and managing a cluster and job scheduler. Use the SDK to integrate client applications with Azure Batch through a variety of languages, stage data to Azure, and build job execution pipelines.
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- * [Documentation](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/batch/)
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- * [.NET](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/mt348682.aspx), [Python](http://azure-sdk-for-python.readthedocs.io/latest/), [Node.js](http://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-node/azure-batch/latest/), [Java](http://azure.github.io/azure-sdk-for-java/), and [REST](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/azure/dn820158.aspx) API reference
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- * [Batch management .NET library](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/mt463120.aspx) reference
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- * Tutorials: Get started with [Azure Batch library for .NET](batch-dotnet-get-started.md) and [Batch Python client](batch-python-tutorial.md)
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- * [Batch forum](https://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en-US/home?forum=azurebatch)
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- * [Batch videos](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/videos/index/?services=batch)
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- ## HPC cluster solutions
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- Deploy or extend your existing Windows or Linux HPC cluster to Azure to run your compute intensive workloads.
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- ### Microsoft HPC Pack
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- HPC Pack is Microsoft's free HPC solution built on Microsoft Azure and Windows Server technologies, capable of running Windows and Linux HPC workloads.
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- * [Download HPC Pack 2012 R2 Update 3](https://www.microsoft.com/download/details.aspx?id=49922)
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- * [Documentation](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/jj899572.aspx)
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- * [Linux](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-hpcpack-cluster-options.md) and [Windows](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-hpcpack-cluster-options.md) HPC Pack cluster options in Azure
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- * [Burst to Azure worker instances with HPC Pack](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/gg481749.aspx)
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- * [Burst to Azure Batch with HPC Pack](https://technet.microsoft.com/library/mt612877.aspx)
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- * [Windows HPC forums](https://social.microsoft.com/Forums/home?category=windowshpc)
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- ### Linux and OSS cluster solutions
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- Use these Azure templates to deploy Linux HPC clusters.
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- * [Spin up a SLURM cluster](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/templates/slurm/)
- and [blog post](http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowshpc/archive/2015/06/06/deploy-a-slurm-cluster-on-azure.aspx)
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- * [Spin up a Torque cluster](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/templates/torque-cluster/)
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- * [Intel Cloud Edition for Lustre Software - Eval](https://azure.microsoft.com/marketplace/partners/intel/lustre-cloud-edition-evaleval-lustre-2-7/)
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- ## Microsoft MPI
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- [Microsoft MPI](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/bb524831.aspx) (MS-MPI) is a Microsoft implementation of the Message Passing Interface standard for developing and running parallel applications on the Windows platform. The latest version is MS-MPI v7.
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- * [Download MS-MPI](http://go.microsoft.com/FWLink/p/?LinkID=389556)
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- * [MS-MPI reference](https://msdn.microsoft.com/library/dn473458.aspx)
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- * [MPI forum](https://social.microsoft.com/Forums/en-us/home?forum=windowshpcmpi)
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- ## Compute intensive instances
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- Azure offers a [range of sizes](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-sizes.md), including compute intensive [A8 and A9](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-a8-a9-a10-a11-specs.md) instances capable of connecting to a back-end RDMA network, to run your Linux and Windows HPC workloads.
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- * [Set up a Linux RDMA cluster to run MPI applications](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-linux-classic-rdma-cluster.md)
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- * [Set up a Windows RDMA cluster with Microsoft HPC Pack to run MPI applications](../virtual-machines/virtual-machines-windows-classic-hpcpack-rdma-cluster.md)
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- ## Samples and demos
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- * [Azure Batch C# and Python code samples](https://github.com/Azure/azure-batch-samples)
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- * [Test drive SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for HPC](https://azure.microsoft.com/marketplace/partners/suse/suselinuxenterpriseserver12optimizedforhighperformancecompute/)
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- ## Related Azure services
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- * [Data Factory](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/data-factory/)
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- * [Machine Learning](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/machine-learning/)
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- * [HDInsight](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/hdinsight/)
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- * [Virtual Machines](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/virtual-machines/)
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- * [Virtual Machine Scale Sets](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/virtual-machine-scale-sets/)
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- * [Cloud Services](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/cloud-services/)
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- * [Media Services](https://azure.microsoft.com/documentation/services/media-services/)
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- ## Architecture blueprints
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- * [HPC and data orchestration using Azure Batch and Azure Data Factory](http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?linkid=717686) (PDF) and [article](../data-factory/data-factory-data-processing-using-batch.md)
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- ## Industry solutions
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- * [Banking and capital markets](https://finance.azure.com/)
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- * [Engineering simulations](https://simulation.azure.com/)
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- ## Customer stories
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- * [ANEO](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=4168)
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- * [d3View](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=22088)
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- * [Ludwig Institute of Cancer Research](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=5830)
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- * [Microsoft Research](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=15634)
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- * [Milliman](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=14967)
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- * [Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=26266)
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- * [Schlumberger](http://azure.microsoft.com/blog/big-compute-for-large-engineering-simulations)
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- * [Towers Watson](https://customers.microsoft.com/Pages/CustomerStory.aspx?recid=18222)
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- * [UberCloud](https://simulation.azure.com/casestudies/Team-182-ABB-UC-Final.pdf)
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- ## Next steps
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- * For the latest announcements, see the [Microsoft HPC and Batch team blog](http://blogs.technet.com/b/windowshpc/) and the [Azure blog](https://azure.microsoft.com/blog/tag/hpc/).
- * Also see [what's new in Batch](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/?service=batch) or subscribe to the [RSS feed](https://azure.microsoft.com/updates/feed/?service=batch).