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Running, Using, and Maintaining a Cluster

Running, Using, and Maintaining a Cluster. From a software viewpoint Andrew Fitz Gibbon. What’s involved?. A cluster. People to use that cluster. Software for those people to use. Ways to keep the cluster working. Libraries and User applications Schedulers and resource managers

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Running, Using, and Maintaining a Cluster

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  1. Running, Using, and Maintaining a Cluster • From a software viewpoint • Andrew Fitz Gibbon

  2. What’s involved? • A cluster. • People to use that cluster. • Software for those people to use. • Ways to keep the cluster working. • Libraries and User applications • Schedulers and resource managers • Monitoring and Maintenance tools

  3. Goals? • Reliability • Availability • Efficient* • Secure** • AFAP*** * Maintains high utilization by people getting “real” work done, and not by system time. Should also be optimized for your users’ work load. ** But not so secure as to lock out users. *** A.F.A.P: As Fast As Possible

  4. Compilers • GNU Compiler suite • Intel Compiler suite • Portland Group Compilers • Cray Compilers • ....

  5. Libraries • MPI • ATLAS • ScalaBLAST • CUDA • Gaussian • mpiBLAST • BLAS • LAPACK • ScaLAPACK • PETSc Ad nausium...

  6. Job Managers • TORQUE/PBS, LSF, LoadLeveler, Condor, Sun Grid Engine • Usually tied into scheduler like FIFO, Maui • Separate queues based on needs • E.g., CUDA, Debug, “normal,” intpar

  7. Monitoring tools Cacti Ganglia

  8. Maintenance tools • C3 Tools • Nagios • Cron • IPMI • Modules • ...

  9. Questions?

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