Petaflop System Administration; Marenostrum 4 @ BSC
Date: 22 - 23 March 2018
The registration to this course will open in December. Please, bring your own laptop. All the PATC courses at BSC are free of charge.
Course Convener: Javier Bartolome
Objectives: Explain the different components that MareNostrum 4 is composed, which were the design decisions taken and why.
Explain how the system administration is taken in this Petaflop system.
Learning Outcomes: The students will learn how MareNostrum 4 is organized and how it works. This can have some insights and ideas about how to manage clusters of thousands of nodes in a HPC or no-HPC environment.
Level: INTERMEDIATE, for trainees with some theoretical and practical knowledge; those who finished the beginners course.
Prerequisites: Experience on Linux system administration is required.
Agenda:
Day 1 (March, 22) 9am – 18pm9h-9:20h Introduction & outline of the course9:20h-9:40h MareNostrum4 Overview9:40h-10:40h Storage in MareNostrum410:40h-11h COFFE BREAK11h-11:30h Networks on MareNostrum411:30h -13h Clustering Software13h-14h LUNCH BREAK14h-15:30h Practice on clustering software
15:30h-15:45h COFFE BREAK
15:45h-16:30h Monitoring MareNostrum416:30h-17h MareNostrum4 Facility17h-18h Visit to MareNostrum4Day 2 (March, 23) 9am – 12:30pm
9h-10h MareNostrum4 Schedule system
10h-11h PRACE Project and Services11h-11:15h COFFEE BREAK11:15h-12h MareNostrum4 software stack12h-12:30h Questions/Wrap-up
Event types:
- Workshops and courses
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