全球智库信息集成服务系统

• There is a consistent lack of understanding among the customer base as to what problems are suitable for a supercomputer or high performance computing assets, in general.
• While several entities within PACOM offered a stated preference for a supercomputing facility within the geographic region, we were unable to identify any entity within the Pacific AOR with a quantitative requirement for real time supercomputing. In the absence of such a requirement, we did gather anecdotal evidence for the value that PACOM users receive by having HPC expertise located within the AOR.
• PACOM users value MHPCC's ability to stand up and support custom servers. These users also value MHPCC's resident expertise in programming for high performance computing architectures.
• MHPCC and AFRL's Maui optical observatory both benefit from being co-located.

This report evaluates the capabilities, challenges, and future options for the Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC). Located in Kihei on the island of Maui, Hawaii, the MHPCC was established in 1993 as a center within the Department of Defense's (DoD) High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP). As one of five HPCMP centers, MHPCC's primary mission is to provide computing cycles and other high performance computing capabilities to DoD's research, development, test and evaluation community. In the fall 2014, Congress asked DoD to consider ways to cut about $45 million from the HPCMP so future fiscal years could be supported entirely by the Army's programmed budget of $183 million. The findings within this report are designed to provide decisionmakers with important context about potential future missions and use cases for MHPCC as Congress, the Army, and the HPCMP work toward a solution for resolving the budget gap.

• Chapter One

  Introduction

• Chapter Two

  MHPCC Overview

• Chapter Three

  Key Findings

• Chapter Four

  Recommendations

• Chapter Five

  Conclusion