EnFuzion®

Turbo-charge Power Systems Analysis and Simulation

About Axceleon and EnFuzion

Axceleon is the maker of EnFuzion, the low cost, high-throughput and easy to use
cluster resource management software. EnFuzion combines servers and desktop
machines into a compute cluster and speeds up power system analysis and
simulation through distribution of computation to all the machines.

Speed-up for Power Systems Analysis and Simulation

EnFuzion is widely adopted by electric utility companies to speed up load flow and
dynamics analyses, bringing the advantages of a fully-detailed model to bear on
short-term planning studies. By employing EnFuzion-driven compute clusters, utility
companies can perform thousands of power flow contingencies and disturbance
scenarios in minutes and hours, instead of days.

Enables Real-Time Dynamic Stability Analysis

Siemens Power Transmission & Distribution, Inc.
Power Technologies, International
Power flow studies of voltage collapse and dynamics studies for system stability are
computationally demanding tasks. Hundreds of dynamic contingencies must be
calculated in minutes to provide system operators with timely information on voltage
collapse and stability margins. EnFuzion grid-enables power flow and dynamics
calculations so that they can benefit from virtually unlimited speed-up afforded by
distributed computing. EnFuzion’s high-performance job scheduler delivers the
throughput and scalability needed to meet any real-time computation demand.

Speeding up PSS/ETM Dynamic Stability Analysis
Siemens PTI used EnFuzion to distribute PSS/E dynamic
stability analysis cases over a cluster of 5 dedicated dual-
processor PCs and 8 dual-processor shared desktop
machines. EnFuzion fully utilized all the compute power and
produced a dramatic speed-up in the case execution time.
Fully Integrated with Siemens PTI PSS/ETM Software
EnFuzion is integrated with PSS/E, the leading power systems analysis and
simulation software from Siemens Power Technologies International, LLC. Users of
PSS/E can distribute contingency calculations to the compute cluster interactively, or
utilize the new PSS/E Python interface to automate the process. Once the jobs are
submitted, users can monitor the progress of their jobs using the intuitive web
interface provided by EnFuzion.

Number of Single Laptop EnFuzion Easy to Use, Perfect for First-time Cluster Users
Cases Solution Cluster Solution
With its extraordinary ease of use, EnFuzion is the perfect solution for first-time, small
24 Cases 4 Hours 9 Minutes and medium size cluster users. EnFuzion requires no IT support to install and
configure, and it requires no other software to operate. First-time users can achieve
27 Cases 38 Hours 38 Minutes immediate return on investment in terms of increased productivity.

Utilize All Compute Resources to Meet Peak Demands

EnFuzion can utilize all dedicated cluster hardware 100% of the time to run user
applications. In addition, any under-utilized desktop or laptop machines on a
corporate network can also be added to an EnFuzion-controlled cluster. EnFuzion
can utilize idle cycles on shared machines to meet unexpected peak demand without
EnFuzion is certified on the HP affecting the primary users of the shared machines.
ProLiant line of industry standard
servers. Work Flow Automation
EnFuzion provides a framework for users to automate their simulation, analysis or any
repetitive tasks. Automation not only helps to reduce human errors and increase
productivity, automation also increases resource utilization and computation
throughput. Without any human intervention, EnFuzion can make optimal use of all
available compute resources 24x7.
Axceleon Incorporated
710 Lakeway Drive, Suite 145
Runs on All Major Hardware and OS Platforms
Sunnyvale, CA 94085
EnFuzion runs on all major hardware platforms and OS platforms. It also supports
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heterogeneous computing environment, which allows machines of different types to
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coexist in the same cluster.
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EnFuzion Features
Distributed Resource Management
Job Management EnFuzion provides automated job scheduling and
execution management, transparent restart of
jobs from failed machines and differentiated
handling of system and job errors.
File Management Separate job work areas are created on worker
machines, input files are automatically copied to
worker machines and output results are returned
to the root or the submit computer. Worker
machines are automatically cleaned up after the
jobs complete.
Work load Support is provided for multiple users, prioritizing
Management jobs from multiple users and applications
according to their priorities. User access
permissions can be regulated.
Resource Job requirements can be matched with node
Management properties, such as application releases, OS
platforms and application availability.
Node Management Job processing is transparently restarted on
recovered nodes. Compute nodes can be
dynamically added or removed.
Load Management EnFuzion scheduled jobs can peacefully coexist
with other computer uses and non-EnFuzion
applications. Load monitoring parameters are
configurable to maximize use of dedicated
machines, minimize impact to shared machines
or maximize the use idle machine cycles.
Application EnFuzion can be used for installation of required
Management applications on remote nodes. This assures that
the latest application version is used everywhere
and removes the need to worry about using
incompatible application versions.
Easy Job Generation and Execution
No Need to Change Home grown and commercial applications can
Applications benefit from EnFuzion without any application
changes.
Easy Job EnFuzion schedules and distributes single
Description and command line programs, shell scripts, and
Generation parametric executions. Command line programs
and shell scripts use the same arguments as
without EnFuzion. Parametric executions are
constructed with simple scripts, which contain
execution commands, parameter values, input
and output files. EnFuzion generates application
specific GUI from scripts.
Powerful Job Jobs can be submitted with ease from the
Execution Features command line, shell scripts or a web browser.
with Intuitive web Job execution is monitored from standard web
Based Dashboard browsers. Results are left on the root computer or
copied automatically to the user computer. The
EnFuzion API can be used to directly
communicate between your applications and
EnFuzion.
The Highest EnFuzion performs job processing with low
Performance overhead, delivering high throughput and low
Scheduling Engine latency. EnFuzion can schedule and process 1
on the Market million jobs per minute.
Fault Tolerant, Lights Out Operation
Job Execution Jobs from failed nodes are rescheduled on
working nodes. Restarted root reschedules
uncompleted jobs. Runaway jobs can be
terminated.
Node Management Nodes are cleaned up after job completion.
Obsolete and temporary files on remote nodes
are automatically removed. Recovered nodes
are added to working nodes.
Root Management Obsolete and temporary files on the root are
automatically removed. EnFuzion root software
is restarted after a reboot or recovery from
failure. EnFuzion can operate in active and
passive failover environments.
Easy to Manage, Fully Secure
Extensive Run and node specific reports can be produced
Accounting and for each hour, day or month. Report formats can
Reporting Services be text, HTML, or CSV.
Flexibility without EnFuzion extends OS-provided security and
Compromise to offers additional network based and host based
Security security. Network based security provides IP
based restriction, allowing or denying EnFuzion
services request from specific IP addresses.
EnFuzion ports can be configured to work with
firewalls. Host based security executes each job
in its own environment.
Comprehensive All major events on the root and nodes are
Logging and logged. Additional diagnostic logs and tools can
Debugging be enabled on demand. Application error
Functionality environment is saved for inspection and
analysis.
Easy to Install and Configure
No Special EnFuzion has no special hardware and software
Requirements pre-requisites. It is fully self-contained, no other
applications are required. EnFuzion has a low
footprint on the root and node machines. There is
no need for a shared file system between
systems.
Flexible EnFuzion can be adapted to any IT infrastructure
Configuration policies. There is no need to do any special
Options changes in the IT infrastructure to get EnFuzion
running. EnFuzion can be re-configured
dynamically without bringing the system down.
Heterogeneous EnFuzion is supported on Windows, Linux, all
Environment major Unix, Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, Mac OS X, Irix,
Supported Tru64, all IBM eSeries platforms - i, p, x, z, 64-bit
Itanium, AMD64, PowerPC64, Intel EM64T and
Alpha. Different platforms can be mixed in a
single environment.
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Axceleon is a trademark of Axceleon, Inc. EnFuzion is a
registered trademark of Axceleon, Inc. All other registered
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