SimWorks Finite Difference Solutions
Cloud Client
Solutions
Cloud Client | FD Solutions (for local hardware or cloud resources) | Server Deployment | |||
Resources | Aliyun cloud server | Fixed standalone hardware | Aliyun cloud server (same as Cloud Client) | Set up your own server | |
HPC (8vCPU) | ECS (best 64vCPU+8*A10 GPU) | ||||
Operating System | Windows;macOS;Linux | Windows;macOS;Linux | Windows;macOS;Linux | ||
Computing Performance | Select cloud computing resources on demand | Limited by single-machine hardware conditions | Same as Cloud Client | Server can be configured and expanded on demand | |
High Performance Computing | Supports CPU multi-core parallelism and single-machine multi-GPU acceleration | Supports CPU multi-core parallelism and single-machine multi-GPU acceleration | Supports multi-node MPI parallelism and multi-node multi-GPU acceleration | ||
Security | Depend on Aliyun Cloud Security Services | Depend on the PC security environment | Same as Cloud Client | Depend on server security environment | |
Deployment and Maintenance | No deployment or maintenance required | No deployment or maintenance required | Software and computing management systems need to be deployed; Server and computing management systems need maintenance | ||
Computing Resource Expansion | Elastic scaling | Self-upgrade hardware | Same as Cloud Client | Upgrade server hardware and add nodes independently | |
Authorization Method | No authorization required (register account) | Account authorization (bind fixed hardware) | Group authorization | ||
Internet Access | Internet access is required for account verification and connecting to cloud computing resources | Internet access is required for account verification and connecting to cloud computing resources | Can be run in isolation from the Internet | ||
Cost Structure | Free | Pay based on calculated duration | Pomputing hardware, account authorization, cloud computing duration payment | Pomputing hardware, group authorization,computing management system, dedicated deployment and maintenance | |
Applicable People | Individuals, small businesses | Teams, enterprises, research institutions | Large teams, enterprises, research institutions | ||
Applicable Scenarios | Low simulation frequency; Low performance of proprietary hardware | Higher frequency of simulation; Computation mainly using local hardware | Own high-performance computing servers; Multiple users share computing resources |