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Why build a PDC Cloud?

The role of high-performance computing (HPC) centres, like PDC, is changing as the complexity and capabilities of HPC systems increase and as our utilisation of them becomes more demanding. To date, the primary role of HPC centres has been to operate and provide access to one or more supercomputers. However, in the future, these centres will transform into service providers where the services they offer are based on different types of underlying computing and storage resources, rather than a single supercomputer. Consequently, HPC centres will also provide services based on cloud technologies. By establishing the PDC Cloud, PDC is beginning this transition.

Initially, the PDC Cloud was conceived of as being associated with the Dardel system at PDC, and hence early references to the cloud mention it as the Dardel Cloud.