Bashtop, a Gorgeous Top-like Tool

Fairly recently, a new top-like tool has received quite a bit of attention: bashtop, like other top-like tools, shows stats for the processor, memory, disks, network, and processes. Although it might sound like any other top tool, the interface is exceptional.

Tips and Tricks for Containers

Inspect and extend containers, modify definition files, and create read-only containers for security.

Pymp – OpenMP-like Python Programming

Applying OpenMP techniques to Python code.

MPI Apps with Singularity and Docker

Running MPI applications in Singularity and Docker containers.

ZFS Tuning for HPC

The ZFS filesystem and volume manager simplifies data storage management and offers advanced features that allow it to perform in mission-critical or high-performance environments.

Building and Running Containers

Best practices for building and running Docker and Singularity containers.

Initial Best Practices for Containers

Consider some best practices before diving into containers.

Building a Virtual NVMe Drive

An economical and high-performing hybrid NVMe SSD is exported to host servers that use it as a locally attached NVMe device.

Profiling Python Code

Profiling Python code – as a whole or by function – shows where you should spend time speeding up your programs.

Linux device mapper writecache

Kicking write I/O operations into overdrive with the Linux device mapper writecache.