Pursuing World Class IT Solutions for Economic and Human Advancement
C-DAC is the Government of India’s Premier R&D organization for carrying out R&D in IT, electronics and associated areas.
Since 1988, C-DAC has led India’s efforts in strengthening national technological capabilities and responding to global developments in the field. As a dedicated institution for high-end R&D, C-DAC has been at the forefront of the IT revolution, consistently innovating on emerging technologies.
With the latest advancements in advanced neural networks, C-DAC sought to expand its supercomputer portfolio with its largest cluster to date, PARAM Siddhi, featuring the industry’s best components to ensure India solidifies its position as a leader in AI.
DDN User Conference at SC22
Challenges
C-DAC was tasked with procuring a cluster powerful enough to serve as India’s AI and HPC specific cloud computing infrastructure. The cluster needed to be shared across multiple user bases including academia, R&D institutes and start-ups, and to do so with little to no processing latency. The cluster would also need to locally store India’s massive data sets from areas like healthcare and agriculture in a high-throughput and efficient data platform.
Solution
NVIDIA DGX SuperPod with DDN A³I data platform – codename PARRAM Siddhi – known as fastest supercomputer in India
42 NVIDIA DGX A100 systems (340 GPUs)
10.5PB of DDN A³I data platform
EXAScaler Software with 250 GB/s read performance
NVIDIA Mellanox HDR InfiniBand network
Benefits
- EXAScaler Parallel Protocol provides industry-leading latency reduction for 377 users from 25+ institutions
- DDN A³I platform running EXAScaler software provides fast and efficient data infrastructure for healthcare and agricultural data
- Simple building block architecture allows for seamless scalability for future needs
QuoteWe had to establish data centers in 15 different locations within the country. For all of those we needed storage, and we chose DDN for this requirement.
Sanjay WandhekarSenior Director C-DAC