[工学]高性能计算与网格技术.pdf

High Performance Computing Grid Technology Lecture 1: Introduction Dong Shoubin (董守斌) sbdong@scutsbdong@cn Communication Computer Network Laboratory (CCNL) （华南理工大学计算机学院广东省计算机网络重点实验室）（华南理工大学计算机学院广东省计算机网络重点实验室） Outline • What is this course about? • Course Organization • TerminologyTerminology andand TaxonomyTaxonomy • Technology Trends 2 What is this course about? • HowHow dodo wewe makemake computerscomputers computercomputer biggerbigger problems faster? • We may use multiple computers at once to make computers compute “bigger problems fasterfaster”” It takes 1000 hours for this program to run, if I use 100 compputers mayybe it will take onlyy 10 hours This computer can only handle a dataset that’s 2GB, so maybe if I use 100 computers I can deal with a 200GB200GB datasetdataset • Howow ccan wewe dodo it?? 3 How much data? • Internet archive has 2 PB of data + 20 TB/month • Google processes 20 PB a day (2008) • “all words ever spoken by human beings” ~ 5 EB • CERN’s LHC will generate 10-15 PB a year • Sanger anticipates 6 PB of data in 2009 640K640K oughtought toto bebe enough for anybody. • Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft,1981. 4 5 Resouesourcece Huunggryy Appppliccatioonss • SolvingSolving grandgrand challengechallenge applications