easy way to begin computational fluid dynamics on cloud

Serverworks Lightning Talks Tournament, 29th July, 2016

Easy way to beginComputational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)on Cloud

Takahisa Shiratori

@takashiratori

Dept. Tech. 2

Serverworks Co., Ltd.

Demonstration on YouTube: https://youtu.be/ft6hIxjFQKk?t=12m33s

Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD)

Calculation Conditions

- Shape of the room

- etc…

CalculationInput

Output

Visualization

Most of CFDs are working with on-premises servers.

Let’s enjoy CFD on !

Why on AWS?

What is the benefit?

Low Initial Cost

Easy Backup

Elastic Computing Resource

Low Initial Cost

On-premises

Cost

Time

Low Initial Cost

Cost

Time

Cloud

Ex) Start-ups, Individuals, …

Low Initial Cost

Cost

Time

Cloud

Quit

Easy Backup

On-premises

Easy Backup

On-premises

Easy Backup

On-premises Cloud

Elastic Computing Resource

Elastic Computing Resource

Click!Click!

Click!

Click!Click!Click!

Scale-up!!

Scale-out!!

CFD Direct http://cfd.direct/

in AWS Marketplace: https://aws.amazon.com/marketplace/pp/B017AHYO16

✓ No software usage fee

✓ OpenFOAM (Simulation) + ParaView (Visualization)

Calculation Conditions

- Shape of the room

- etc…

OpenFOAM

(Calculation)Input

Output

ParaView

(Visualization)

How to prepare the CFD server?

Preparing an AWS Account

Apply to http://www.serverworks.co.jp/services/piece

or access to directly https://aws.amazon.com/

Launching a CFD Direct server (EC2) on AWS

Access to the server with SSH

1. Choose your region2. Click “EC2”

Click “Launch instance”

Click

“Community AMIs”

Input “CFD Direct”, and press Enter

Click “Select” of “CFD Direct From the Cloud”

1. Choose an Instance Type you want to use

2. Click “Next: Configure Instance Details”

The default parameter is enough to just use CFD Direct.

Click “Next: Add Storage”

1. Input the size of the Storage

2. Click “Add New Volume”

if you want two or more volumes

3. Click “Next: Tag Instance”

1. Type a Security group name

2. Choose “SSH” 3.

- If you have static global IP address,

choose “Custom IP” and type your IP.

- If you don’t have static global IP address,

choose “Everywhere”. (but not recommended)

Click “Launch”

1. Choose “Create a new key pair”

2. Type a key pair name

Ensure to store the downloaded private key securely, and be careful not to lose.

3. Click “Download Key Pair”

4. Click “Launch instances”

Click “View Instances”

1. Wait until the Status Checks show “2/2 checks passed”

2. Global IP address of your CFD Direct server is shown here

✓ Access to your CFD Direct server with reference to http://cfd.direct/cloud/aws/remote-desktop/

How does it work?

How much?

t2.micro c4.large c4.4xlarge

vCPU 1 2 16

Memory 1 GiB 3.75 GiB 30 GiB

Hourly fee 0.02 USD/hour 0.133 USD/hour 1.061 USD/hour

Working hours Assumed to be 8 hours/day

Storage Assumed to be 50 GiB

Computing monthly fee 4.88 USD/month 32.46 USD/month 258.89 USD/month

Storage monthly fee 6.00 USD/month

Total monthly fee 10.88 USD/month 38.46 USD/month 264.89 USD/month

in Asia Pacific (Tokyo)

This is a ROUGH estimation.

Please don’t be angry if your usage fee exceeds this.

Summary

Low Initial

Cost

Easy

Backup

Elastic

Computing

ResourceClick!Click!Click!

Cost

Time

Cloud

Quit

Thank you for your kind attention!

Contact Us

Serverworks Co., Ltd.sales@serverworks.co.jp

+81-(0)3-5579-8029日本語 http://www.serverworks.co.jp

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About Me

Experience

Mar. 2016 – Present Dept. Tech. 2 @ Serverworks

Apr. 2015 – Feb. 2016 Job rotation as newcomer training @ Serverworks

Apr. 2012 – Mar. 2015 Ph.D student in Fluid Mechanics

Takahisa Shiratori 白鳥 貴久

Serverworks Co., Ltd.