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
Program
Jump to: Monday | Tuesday | Wednesday | Thursday | Friday
Monday, May 18
| 8:00 am | Breakfast |
| 8:30 | Welcome/Open |
| 9:00 am | Lecture: Intro to HPC Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma Presentation |
| 10:00 am | Lab: Intro to HPC Exercise Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma Exercise |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 11:00 am | Lecture: Intro to MPI Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma Presentation |
| Noon | Working lunch/lab: Intro to MPI Exercise Henry Neeman, University of Oklahoma Exercise (mpighelloworld) Exercise (mpigreetings) |
| 1:00 pm | Lecture: Cluster Stack Basics Brett Zimmerman, University of Oklahoma Presentation |
| 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:30 pm | Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Quick Introduction to EC2 Stephen Harrell and Amiya Maji, Purdue University Tutorial |
| 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 Presentation |
| 9:00 am | Lecture: HPC Storage, Part I Mehmet Belgin, Georgia Tech Presentation |
| 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 Presentation |
| 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 Presentation |
| 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 Presentation |
| 10:30 am | Break |
| 11:00 am | Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Install Scheduler on Head Node Stephen Harrell and Amiya Maji, Purdue University Tutorial |
| Noon | Lunch |
| 1:00 pm | Lecture: Scheduling & Resource Management (Other Scheduler) Jenett Tillotson, Indiana University Presentation |
| 2:00 pm | Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Run Application via Scheduler Stephen Harrell and Amiya Maji, Purdue University Exercise |
| 3:00 pm | Break |
| 3:30 pm | Lecture: Monitoring Kyle Hutson, Kansas State University Presentation |
| 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 Presentation |
| 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 Presentation |
| 4:30 pm | Hadoop Cherry Liu, Georgia Tech Presentation |
| 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 Presentation |
| 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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