At the last HPC Advisory Council Workshop in Lugano Hussein N. Harake presented how the storage disaster recovery is implemented at CSCS based on HSM solution of IBM. Contents: Overview of CSCS resources Disaster Recovery Requirements Data & File Systems Archiving and Backup Solution Backup & Restore The challenging part
Nicola Bianchi (CSCS) presents the last supercomputer arrival at CSCS: The Cray XK6 supercomputer which is a trifecta of scalar, network and many-core innovation. It combines Cray’s proven Gemini interconnect, AMD’s leading multi-core scalar processors and NVIDIA’s powerful many-core GPU processors to create a true, productive hybrid supercomputer. Download the slides of the presentation (PDF) [...]
Stephen Trofinoff (CSCS) presents how to schedule GRES resources with SLURM. Download the slides of the presentation (PDF) »
CSCS has experience of operating multi-purpose GPU clusters for a diverse project and service portfolio. Vincenzo Annaloro (CSCS) presents details on system installation and operation for two clusters: a production and experimental testbed that serves as HP2C prototype system and a multi-purpose visualization and GPU development cluster. Download the slides of the presentation (PDF) »
While the peak performance and energy efficiency of computing hardware are constantly growing, the development of fast scientific software is experiencing an important paradigm shift. Efficient algorithm implementations face rigid constraints about memory layouts, access patterns and FLOP/Byte ratios. Diego Rossinelli (ETH Zurich) discusses the design of wavelet-based adaptive solvers for compressible flow simulations that [...]
