HPC based Delft3D service for modelling flooding, morphology, and water quality
Forecasting of flooding, morphology and water quality in coastal and estuarine areas, rivers, and lakes is of great importance for society. This experiment aims to port Delft3D, a software for this kind of prevision, to HPC system so to make it affordable for SMEs.
Start date: 01/07/2013
Duration in months: 18
Problem Description
To improve the quality of its work, create new opportunities and increase its competitiveness, HKV needed easy access to an environment with a pre-installed and validated version of Delft3D version that could scale to available hardware resources in a flexible way depending on the application.
Goals
New services
Challenges
The objective was to have a pilot version of SaaS running for remote use by HKV. With this pilot version, HKV would be able to perform production work with a certified Delft3D version on (HPC, Cloud) hardware. The development of such a pilot version was the challenge facing this experiment.
Innovation results
Delft3D has been installed at the HPC systems of SURFsara. A portal for DaaS has been developed. Access is via a command-line interface with more options and flexibility for experienced users and via a web-based interface for inexperienced users. Delft3D has been optimized for large-scale HPC.
Business impact
Deltares expects additional revenues of about 570k€ per annum due to an increase in the use of Delft3D and due to an increase in Delft3D-related advisory and research projects. Due to the new possibilities of DaaS, HKV expects additional revenues of about 130k€per annum.