High-performance architecture (HPA) is a platform and environment designed and purpose-built to process massive amounts of data and solve complex problems at very high speeds. An HPA includes high-performance computing (also referred to as accelerated computing), high-performance networking and high-performance storage.

Additional characteristics of an HPA can include:

• Parallel processing: Clusters of high-powered processors operating on similar workloads that can be spread across the multiple compute nodes, executed simultaneously, and the outputs consolidated for faster completion.
• Purpose-built and optimized for high performance: All components in an HPA are designed for high speed, high throughput and low latency to maximize throughput. You can fine-tune and make trade-offs to extract the highest possible performance across the architecture. This includes ensuring compute, storage and networking operate as a balanced throughput machine. Any one component in an idle state creates a less efficient environment that leads to bottlenecks, slowing the operations.
• Dynamic architecture: Compute, storage and networking can grow and shrink to match workload scale demands.

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