May 18-22, 2015
University of Oklahoma, Thurman J. White Forum Building (OU Forum)
1704 Asp Avenue
Norman, Oklahoma 73072
If you are a Linux system administrator new to HPC, this is the workshop for you!
In just five days you will:
- Learn HPC system administration concepts and technologies and how to apply them
- Get hands-on skills building a small test cluster in lab sessions
- Hear real-life stories and get to ask experts questions in panel discussions
Schedule
Monday, May 18
- 8:00 am Breakfast
- 8:30 Welcome/Open
- 9:00 am Lecture: Intro to HPC – Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma
- 10:00 am Lab: Intro to HPC Exercise – Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma
- 10:30 am Break
- 11:00 am Lecture: Intro to MPI – Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma
- Noon Working lunch/lab: Intro to MPI Exercise – Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma
- 1:00 pm Lecture: Cluster Stack Basics – Brett Zimmerman, University of Oklahoma
- 3:00 pm Break
- 3:30 pm Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Quick Introduction to EC2 – Stephen Harrell and Amiya Maji, Purdue University
- 3:45 pm Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Head Node Setup – Stephen Harrell and Amiya Maji, Purdue University
- 5:30 pm Dinner on your own (recommendations provided)
- 7:30 pm Tour: OU Data Center (Four Partners Place)
Tuesday, May 19
- 8:00 am Breakfast
- 8:30 am Lecture: Intro to Networking – Kyle Hutson, Kansas State University
- 9:00 am Lecture: HPC Storage, Part I – Mehmet Belgin, Georgia Tech
- 10:30 am Break
- 11:00 am Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Storage Server – Stephen Harrell and Amiya Maji, Purdue University
- Noon Lunch
- 1:00 pm Lecture: HPC Storage, Part II – Mehmet Belgin, Georgia Tech
- 2:00 pm Lecture: Introduction to Configuration Management – Randy Herban, Purdue University
- 3:00 pm Break
- 3:30 pm Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Compute Nodes – Stephen Harrell and Amiya Maji, Purdue University
- 4:30 pm Lecture: Node Health Check – David Akin, University of Oklahoma
- 5:30 pm Dinner on your own (recommendations provided)
Wednesday, May 20
- 8:00 am Breakfast
- 8:30 am Lecture: Scheduling & Resource Management (Build-a-Cluster Scheduler) – Jenett Tillotson, Indiana University
- 10:30 am Break
- 11:00 am Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Install Scheduler on Head Node – Stephen Harrell and Amiya Maji, Purdue University
- Noon Lunch
- 1:00 pm Lecture: Scheduling & Resource Management (Other Scheduler) – Jenett Tillotson, Indiana University
- 2:00 pm Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Run Application via Scheduler – Stephen Harrell and Amiya Maji, Purdue University
- 3:00 pm Break
- 3:30 pm Lecture: Monitoring – Kyle Hutson, Kansas State University
- 4:30 pm Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Run Application via Scheduler (with Unix Modules) – Stephen Harrell and Amiya Maji, Purdue University
- 5:30 pm Dinner on your own (recommendations provided)
Thursday, May 21
- 8:00 am Breakfast
- 8:30 am Lecture: Networking – Kyle Hutson, Kansas State University
- 10:00 am Panel/Roundtable: War Stories about Hardware
- 10:30 am Break
- 11:00 am Panel: Third-Party Software Management
- Noon Lunch
- 1:00 pm Lecture: Account Management – Brett Zimmerman, University of Oklahoma
- 2:30 pm Panel/Roundtable: War Stories about Software
- 3:00 pm Break
- 3:30 pm Lecture: HPC User Support – Cherry Liu, Georgia Tech, Kyle Hutson, Kansas State University
- 4:30 pm Hadoop – Cherry Liu, Georgia Tech
- 5:30 pm Dinner on your own (recommendations provided)
Friday, May 22
- 8:00 am Breakfast
- 8:30 am Lecture: Designing a Cluster – Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma
- 10:00 am Panel/Roundtable: War Stories about People
- 10:30 am Break
- 11:00 am Wrap-up Discussion and Q&A
- Noon Boxed lunch to go
Sponsors
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