Scientific HPC Infrastructures
Introduction
Boris Parák2 Tomáš Rebok12 Zdeněk Šustr2
1Masaryk University
2CESNET
May 9, 2016
Why Are We Here?
To introduce scientific computing
Get a different perspective
Get an idea of what you can do
Briefly mention existing infrastructures
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Scientific Computing
For anyone doing any kind of research
Widely ranging in scale and requirements
Computing-intensive tasks
Data-intensive tasks (“Big Data”)
Reliably sharing open data & protecting sensitive data
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High-performance Computing
Computing with a particular set of requirements
Working on demanding problems
performance (CPU, IO, bandwidth)
storage capacity (short-term, long-term)
scale (1k+ machines, distributed logically and geographically)
Raw computing power and storage capacity, no “tricks”
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Scientific Applications In HPC
High-energy physics (Alice, Atlas, CMS, LHCb)
Biology (genomics, protein analysis)
Medicine (patient data analysis, drug development)
Digital data preservation (truly long-term)
Environmental sciences & Earth exploration
Astronomy, . . .
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– HPC Infrastructures –
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Brief History
Supercomputers (Cray, Deep Blue, . . . )
Local computing clusters (small scale)
Grid (→ HEP) (large scale)
Cloud (generic, structurally opaque)
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Brief History
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Brief History
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Brief History
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Czech Research Infrastructures
CESNET
MetaCentrum (→ NGI_CZ)
data, networking, identity, research
see http://www.metacentrum.cz/en/
CERIT-SC
transformed Supercomputing Center Brno (SCB)
see http://www.cerit-sc.cz/en/
IT4Innovations
National Supercomputing Center (academia + industry)
see http://www.it4i.cz/?lang=en
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MetaCentrum
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MetaCentrum
Computing services:
grid computing
cloud computing
Hadoop
specialized environments
Storage services:
NGI storage systems
CESNET DU
Collaboration & Support services:
interdisciplinary and infrastructure research (CERIT-SC)
user support activities
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International Infrastructures
EGI (formerly known as European Grid Infrastructure)
WLCG (The Worldwide LHC Computing Grid)
High-energy physics community (HEP)
CERN (The European Organization for Nuclear Research)
PRACE Research Infrastructure
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LHC (HEP in CERN)
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LHC (HEP in CERN)
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EGI – Map
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EGI – Evolution
No Longer Just HEP
Bio-informatics, Ecology, Chemistry, Geology, . . .
The Long Tail of Science
Scientific Gateways (DIRAC, Chipster, COMPSs, Catania SG)
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The End
– That’s All Folks! –
. . .
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Contact Info
Do you have any questions?
ask NOW!
ask directly at parak@cesnet.cz or sustr4@cesnet.cz
send your questions to cloud@metacentrum.cz
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