The Goals of Bright Cluster Manager

Bright Cluster Manager® was designed by a group of highly experienced cluster specialists who perceived the need for a fundamental approach to the technical challenges posed by cluster management.

Bright Cluster Manager fulfills the following goals:

1. Make clusters really easy
   Bright Cluster Manager makes Linux clusters of any size really easy to install, manage and use — even with only minimal Linux knowledge.
2. Scale clusters to thousands of nodes
   Bright Cluster Manager was designed to scale to thousands of nodes. Its Advanced Edition includes many features for managing very large and complex clusters.
3. Be complete
   Bright Cluster Manager is complete. It includes everything a user or administrator would expect from a professional cluster management software stack.

1. Make Clusters Really Easy

• Install Clusters ... Easy
  Install a complete cluster from bare-metal to turnkey supercomputer within an hour with minimal Linux knowledge.
• Monitor Clusters ... Easy
  Monitor hundreds of useful hardware and software metrics. Create graphs with one mouse click. Zoom in and out of graphs dynamically.
• Manage Clusters ... Easy
  Manage all elements of your cluster from one consistent GUI — software images, users, cluster health, workload management, alarms, security and much more.
• Use Clusters ... Easy
  Benefit from a large collection of compilers, MPI and mathematical libraries, software development tools and environment modules — all pre-installed and pre-configured.
• Scale Clusters ... Easy
  Add nodes to your cluster by plugging them in and letting our software take care of the rest. Advanced features such as failover and load-balanced node provisioning are accessible through the intuitive GUI and do not require custom scripting or specific Linux or HPC expertise.

2. Scale Clusters to Thousands of Nodes

Bright Cluster Manager was designed to scale to thousands of nodes. It is not dependent on third-party (open source) software that was not designed for this level of scalability. Many advanced features for handling scalability and complexity are included:

• Management Daemon with Low CPU Overhead
• Multiple Load-Balancing Provisioning Nodes
• Synchronized Cluster Management Daemons
• Built-In Redundancy
• Diskless Nodes

3. Be Complete

Bright Cluster Manager is a comprehensive cluster management solution. Features include the following:

• Multiple Linux Distributions Supported
• Intel Cluster Ready Compliant
• Cluster Management GUI
• Cluster Management Shell
• Node Provisioning & Image Management
• Node Identification
• Software Update Management
• Cluster Monitoring
• Automated Cluster Management
• User Management
• Parallel Shell
• Cloud Bursting
• GPU Management
• ScaleMP Management
• Workload Management (Queuing Systems)
• Cluster Health Management
• Cluster Security
• Compilers
• Debuggers & Profilers
• MPI Libraries
• Mathematical Libraries
• Environment Modules
• Advanced Features for Large & Complex Clusters
• Documentation