Presentation on BeSTGRID Auckland Cluster by SGI

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The SGI team are planning to be at Auckland University on

Wednesday 13th February
2 pm kick-off for ITS Operations and System Management staff
3.15 pm kick-off for Users (a.k.a. writers of code)
Computer Science Department, 5th Floor Seminar Room


BROADCASTING IS OVER EVO in KAREN UNIVERSE "SGI Presentation" ROOM

Host:

Prof. Mark Gahegan, School of Geography, Geology and Environmental Science

Presenters:

Nick Conomo
Todd Churchwood

SGI intend the session to be informal to encourage interaction and to be beneficial for those attending.

Contents

[edit] Attendees

Attendance is by invitation. This first session is aimed at establishing a group of lead users.

The presentation is targeted to three types of attendees:

  • ITS Operations
  • System Management
  • Users

The first two groups are invited to the first session. The second two groups are invited to the second session. Each session will be 60-90 minutes.

[edit] Topics

The topic areas to be covered include:

[edit] ITS Operations

  • Cluster Overview
  • SGI cluster product overview and directions
  • Hardware Description XE250 and XE320
  • Maintenance & Support

[edit] Systems Management

  • System management tools, batch schedulers, ...
  • Rocks Environment
  • IPMI
  • HPC job profiles
  • Storage implications

[edit] Users

  • Input from Users on their current use and future interest
  • Some considerations for users (multi-core, ..)
  • Compilers
  • Application software
  • HPC Tuning methodology
  • User support

It would be good for user to think about the following before attending the session:

  • their area of interest;
  • what they have done in the past;
  • what they would like to do,
  • what software they use etc..

The session can then be more directed to their needs.


Please feel free to make any comments on the content of this presentation here, or by sending an email to Nick Jones