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CDI Cluster

Maximize ROI, Support Different Use Cases with Dynamic Infrastructure

A Reconfigurable Enterprise-grade AI/HPC Solution Bare Metal Performance

Managing compute resources in a shared, multi-tenant environment can be tough. Some systems may sit idle, while others struggle to meet demand, and cloud expenses can quickly add up. The CDI Cluster from Thinkmate offers a flexible, cost-effective solution to these challenges.

This Linux-based reference design is built for disaggregated infrastructure, leveraging leading-edge technology and an optimized architecture to balance flexibility and performance. With PCIe fabric connectivity and an innovative software layer, the CDI Cluster delivers cloud-like resource agility paired with the speed of bare-metal systems, enabling you to maximize your return on investment.

By separating resources from fixed hardware, the CDI Cluster increases the lifespan of your hardware assets. Through software-driven reprovisioning, you can quickly adapt resource allocation to support a range of workloads—giving you a dynamic infrastructure that evolves with your needs.

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Ideal Use Cases

  • Multi-tenant Environments
  • HPC and Simulation
  • AI and Machine Learning
  • Cloud-like Computing
  • Engineering and Visualization
  • VFX and Digital Production

Relevant Industries

  • Financial Services
  • Life Sciences
  • Government
  • Academia
  • Media & Entertainment
  • Oil & Gas

What Is CDI?

Composable disaggregated infrastructure (CDI) leverages PCIe-based low latency interconnects to enable dynamically provisioned systems. This lets system administrators pool resources like CPUs, accelerators (GPUs, FPGAs, ASICs), memory or storage without physical reconfiguration. Similarly, resources can be expanded, reduced, or refreshed on the fly.

  • Dynamically Provision Systems

    • By disassociating components from their physical location in a server within a cluster, unique hardware platforms can be spun up through software alone. This means users can optimally leverage available resources instead of relying on whatever node architecture is available.

  • Scale Resources as Needed

    • The CDI Cluster lets IT managers and system administrators change the way they think of resource procurement. By disaggregating hardware, CDI clusters can grow in whatever way your team needs, without unnecessary extra costs. For instance, existing CPU-only CDI Clusters can be augmented to include GPU-acceleration using expansion chassis for PCIe-based GPUs. These chassis’, like JBODs, run without additional CPUs or storage devices.

  • Cloud-like Flexibility with Local Performance

    • Since CDI technology does not virtualize systems, there is no performance loss on the cluster when compared to a similarly equipped traditional HPC or AI cluster. Meanwhile, the software-managed, dynamically composable nodes maintain the ‘on-demand’ nature of the cloud many users have grown accustomed to.

A Choice of CDI Software

Liqid CDI

Liqid Composable Infrastructure enables users to build a living data center architecture that adapts to meet their business needs and scales as required. Leveraging cutting-edge NVMe-over-flash networking technology, along with Liqid Command Center resource orchestration software, Liqid users can disassociate their resources from their physical server configuration, creating pooled resources that can be composed in new configurations on the fly. This flexibility is paired with powerful improvements in performance, optimization, and efficiency.

GigaIO

GigaIO is an enterprise-class open standard composable infrastructure solution. GigaIO FabreX breaks the constraints of old static architectures, opening new configuration possibilities with composable disaggregated infrastructure, to maximize utilization of all the elements within your racks.

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