IBM Spectrum LSF

Deploy your high performance computing (HPC) cluster with IBM scheduling software for compute intensive workloads.

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  • Date of last update: 04/16/2025
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    Type
    • Terraform
    Provider
    • IBM
    Category
    • Compute
    Last updated
    • 04/16/2025
    Product version
    • v2.0.0
    Variation
    • Cluster with LSF v10.1.0.14
    Est. deployment time:
    • 25min

Details

Type
  • Terraform
Provider
  • IBM
Category
  • Compute
Last updated
  • 04/16/2025
Product version
  • v2.0.0
Variation
  • Cluster with LSF v10.1.0.14
Est. deployment time:
  • 25min

Overview

Before you begin deploying IBM Spectrum LSF, make sure that you meet the prerequisites listed in the step-by-step guide.

IBM Spectrum LSF is a deployable architecture where you can deploy both cloud compute resources (vCPU resources) and HPC scheduling software for your compute-intensive HPC workloads.

Features and capabilities

HPC infrastructure bundled with LSF scheduling software

Create a cluster with IBM Spectrum LSF in its own subnet and security group for HPC administrators to log in, submit, and manage HPC jobs.

Automatic compute scaling with LSF resource connector

Automatically scale up compute resources based on workload demand. Compute resources are automatically scaled down when no longer required.

Shared file system support through IBM Storage Scale

IBM Storage Scale is a high performance, highly available, clustered file system with advanced features like File Audit Logging for security and Active File Management for hybrid cloud connectivity. IBM Storage Scale provides more performance and scalability than standard file storage solutions.

Architecture

    Version last updated: 04/16/2025

    Variation

    Variation

    IBM Spectrum LSF

    This deployable architecture sets up a VPC on IBM Cloud to run HPC workloads within a single zone. A login node is deployed in a dedicated subnet and security group to facilitate secure access to the HPC environment. The HPC management nodes and static compute nodes reside in a separate subnet and security group.
    Clusters of virtual server instances are provisioned with the IBM Spectrum LSF scheduler pre-installed for HPC workload job management. The LSF scheduler dynamically provisions compute nodes as needed and removes them once jobs are completed.
    The solution supports either IBM Cloud File Storage for VPC or a dedicated clustered shared file system using IBM Storage Scale which is a high performance, highly available, clustered file system with advanced features like File Audit Logging for security and Active File Management for hybrid cloud connectivity. IBM Storage Scale provides more performance and scalability than standard file storage solutions.

    Summary

    IBM Spectrum LSF

      • Total estimated cost
        *$0.00/mo
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