Conferencias HPC

• Experiences in building a Linux HPC Cluster with UniCluster 4.0.
  Bill Bryce (Univa UD).
  

  Horarios: Miércoles 10 de Septiembre, 9:30 a 10:30.

  Abstract: In the past building a HPC cluster on Linux involved a lot of trial and error, custom scripting and way too much time. There are now many different software solutions available for building, managing and using a Linux HPC cluster some more flexible and configurable than others. In this presentation the focus will be on UniCluster 4.0 a modern Open Source Linux cluster package from Univa UD. Key aspects of UniCluster 4.0 will be discussed including the major design decisions in the system; how UniCluster handles user accounts, file synchronization in the cluster, configuration management, cluster updates, and the Unicluster Kit concept for installing applications and tools into a cluster environment. Finally the limitations and gaps in UniCluster will be discussed including possible workarounds.

  Brief CV: Bill Bryce is currently the Director Product Management-HPC at Univa UD responsible for the HPC product family, UniCluster and Grid MP. Previously Bill was the Senior Product Manager at Platform Computing, responsible for the architecture and development of Platform Open Cluster Stack. Over the past 13 years Bill has helped create and manage several other HPC products and initiatives such as Platform LSF HPC and Platform ActiveCluster. Bill received his B Math in Computer Science from the University of Waterloo. Bill's primary interests include distributed computing, parallel programming, communications protocols and operating systems.

• Infiniband Networks for HPC Clusters.
  Diego Crupnicoff (Mellanox Technologies).
  

  Horarios: Miércoles 10 de Septiembre, 17:00 a 18:00.

  Brief CV: Diego Crupnicoff is Director of Architecture at Mellanox Technologies. Diego has been with Mellanox since 1999 driving chip and system architectures for 4 generation of Mellanox products. He has been a member of the InfiniBand Trade Association from its very early days, actively participating in the definition of the IB Standard and currently chairing the Technical Working Group. Diego is also a member of the IEEE 802.1 group that defines the next generation of Ethernet networks and the T11 committee that is in charge of the Fibre Channel specification. Diego is the author of several patents in the areas of computer networks and system architectures, and holds a B.Sc. in Computer Engineering (Summa Cum Laude) and a M.Sc. in EE. (Summa Cum Laude) both from the Technion - Israel Institute of Technology.