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In Part 1, the role of benchmarks and assumptions about commodity hardware were presented as possible pitfalls for those entering the HPC space. In this second part, pitfalls associated with open ... Five HPC Pitfalls – Part 2 ... Five HPC Pitfalls – Part 2

into specific best practices for building and running Docker and Singularity containers. Building Containers Building containers is not too difficult, especially if you use HPC Container Maker (HPCCM), which I ... More Best Practices for HPC Containers

In rapidly growing HPC installations, you need to understand what is happening within the system to make improvements or simply to justify the purchase. ... I have to admit that monitoring is one of my favorite HPC Admin topics. I started out in HPC a long time ago and very quickly moved into (Beowulf) clusters. I became a cluster administrator around ... In rapidly growing HPC installations, you need to understand what is happening within the system to make improvements or simply to justify the purchase. ... HPC Monitoring: What Should You Monitor? ... Monitoring HPC Systems: What Should You Monitor?

HPC Storage is arguably one of the most pressing issues in HPC. Selecting various HPC Storage solutions is a problem that requires some research, study, and planning to be effective – particularly ... It's fairly obvious to say that storage is one of the largest issues, if not the largest issue, in HPC. All aspects of HPC storage are becoming critical to the overall success or productivity ... HPC Storage is arguably one of the most pressing issues in HPC. Selecting various HPC Storage solutions is a problem that requires some research, study, and planning to be effective – particularly ... HPC Storage – I/O Profiling ... HPC Storage – Getting Started with I/O Profiling

It’s time to move beyond the basic commands for administrating Linux HPC systems. We look at some very useful tools. ... While managing Linux desktops, laptops, and HPC systems, I learn new commands and tools. As a result, my admin patterns change. In this article I present some commands I have started using more ... It’s time to move beyond the basic commands for administrating Linux HPC systems. We look at some very useful tools. ... Really Useful Linux Commands for HPC Admins ... Really Useful Linux Commands for HPC Admins

Cloud computing has become a viable option for high-performance computing. In this article, we discuss the use case for cloud-based HPC, introduce the StarCluster toolkit, and show how to build ... Virtualization has come a long way. So far, in fact, that it has become a viable option for high-performance computing (HPC) in the cloud. StarCluster is a toolkit for launching, controlling ... Cloud computing has become a viable option for high-performance computing. In this article, we discuss the use case for cloud-based HPC, introduce the StarCluster toolkit, and show how to build ... StarCluster Toolkit: Virtualization Meets HPC ... HPC in the Cloud with StarCluster

Introduction of the new OpenMP specification abstracts away many of the thorny issues associated with today’s HPC hardware. ... for which data, computation, or both should be moved to another computing device (e.g., a GPU). The following are a few of the features that should be of interest to the HPC crowd: Support ... Introduction of the new OpenMP specification abstracts away many of the thorny issues associated with today’s HPC hardware. ... HPC Software Road Gets a Bit Smoother

European HPC training sites announced.

AlmaLinux steps forward as a free, open source enterprise Linux solution for HPC systems. ... Linux dominates the world of high performance computing (HPC), with CentOS, a free alternative to Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), historically being the system of choice for HPC clusters ... AlmaLinux steps forward as a free, open source enterprise Linux solution for HPC systems. ... AlmaLinux and HPC

SC14: Why HPC Matters The Supercomputing 2014 “HPC Matters” plenary takes place at 5:30pm November 17 at the convention center New Orleans Theater. Dr. Eng Lim Goh, senior vice president and CTO ... Plenary to examine the important roles HPC plays in every aspect of society. ... Why HPC Matters