SimWorks Finite Difference Solutions
Cloud Client
Solutions

Cloud Client, Fd Solutions, Server Deployment
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