Presentation on BeSTGRID Auckland Cluster by SGI
From BeSTGRID
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
