1.1. What is EKM?

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## 1.1. What is EKM?

EKM is a web-based system designed to efficiently manage both the data produced by simulation tools and the processes used to control the collection of that data. You can access EKM from a desktop computer, laptop, or tablet using a web browser such as Internet Explorer, Edge, Chrome, or Firefox.

EKM can easily integrate with your existing file servers to store the content of uploaded files, with your relational database to store metadata, and with your compute clusters to execute simulations.

EKM also integrates with ANSYS Workbench, enabling you to send projects directly to the EKM repository for storage and sharing, and submit solutions and updates to be executed on remote resources.

Figure 1.1: EKM Architecture

EKM offers a rich set of features for tackling the challenges faced by engineers and companies using simulation tools. It is vendor-neutral in the type of data that it can manage, the type of simulation tools that it can execute, and the types of processes that it can define; however, it provides a high degree of off-the-shelf integration with ANSYS tools and files.

You can install and set up an EKM server and obtain significant benefits from using it with minimal configuration. However, EKM is also highly configurable and you can easily set it to fit your specific data or process management requirements.

EKM is highly scalable and can be used by an individual user, a small workgroup, or a large enterprise. It can be run on a single-server or a cluster and is scalable from a single user to multiple users connected in LAN (Local Area Network) or a WAN (Wide Area Network). Multiple EKM repositories can be connected together to create an efficient system for sharing and transferring simulation files across a WAN. (Figure 1.2: Example of EKM Distributed Architecture)

Figure 1.2: Example of EKM Distributed Architecture

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