Write Your Own Admin Tools

When existing admin tools just aren’t cutting it, you can write your own. We look at the excellent Bash scripting and Python programming languages.

Tools to Manage Storage

We look at management tools and good management habits for Linux and proprietary storage solutions.

AlmaLinux and HPC

AlmaLinux steps forward as a free, open source enterprise Linux solution for HPC systems.

Linux Local and Network Filesystems

Commands and strategies to manage filesystems on Linux servers.

Linux Software RAID

Manage storage by building software RAID with the Linux mdadm command.

Managing Storage with LVM

Managing Linux storage servers with the Linux Logical Volume Manager.

Proprietary and Open Source Storage Options

We look at how to label and partition proprietary and Linux storage servers for high-performance computing.

Where Does Job Output Go?

Where does your job data go? The answer is fairly straightforward, but I add some color by throwing in a little high-level background about what resource managers are doing and evolve the question to include a discussion of where data “should” or “could” go.

Getting Data Into and Out of the Cluster

A basic question when getting into HPC is how to get data into and out of the cluster from local Linux and Windows machines.

(Re)Installing Python

I went to a summer camp for people whose Python environments went pear-shaped. Here is my class report.