Case Studies
Arista Selected for ECMWF Critical and Extensible Network Infrastructure
Overview
Application Infrastructure & Middleware - Data Exchange & Integration Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Computing Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) - Cloud Storage Services | |
Software Design & Engineering Services System Integration | |
Operational Impact
Arista Multi-Chassis Link Aggregation, with Virtual ARP, enables the highest levels of resiliency for 24/7 operation. | |
Flexible Arista EOS allows custom on-switch scripting to support supercomputer network node failover. | |
Multi-process state sharing architecture allows incremental software updates without affecting the state of the system for improved uptime. | |
Quantitative Benefit
Combined peak performance of 15.7 petaflops across 260,000 processing cores in two clusters. | |
Two Arista 7504-E switches interconnected via 40-Gigabit Ethernet based aggregated links. | |
16 supercomputer network nodes each connected via dual 40-Gigabit Ethernet and all other systems via dual 10-Gigabit Ethernet. | |