Technologis for the Future CLUSTERS对未来的集群技术.pptVIP

NOTUR Cluster proj. status Technologies for the Future: CLUSTERS Anne C. Elster Dept. of Computer Information Science (IDI) Norwegian Univ. of Science Tech. (NTNU) Trondheim, Norway Clusters (Networks of PCs/Workstation) Are they suitable for HPC? Advantage: Cost-effective hardware since uses COTS (Commercial Of-The-Shelf) parts BUT: Typically much slower processor interconnectes than traditional HPC systems What about usability? Cluster Technologies:NOTUR Emerging Technology projectCollaboration between NTNU Univ. of Troms? Goal: Analyze Cluster technologies’ suitability for HPC by looking at some of the most interesting NOTUR applications The results will provide a foundation for decisions regarding future HPC programs Main Collaborators include Anne C. Elster (IDI, NTNU) – Project leader Otto Anshus Tore Larsen (CS, U of Troms?) Tor Johansen staff (CC, U of Troms?) Torbj?rn Hallgren (IDI, NTNU) Einar R?nquist (IMF, NTNU) Master Ph.D. Students and Post Docs at NTNU and Univ. of Troms? General Issues to Consider: Why cluster vs. Powerful desktop vs. Large SMPs? What are the total costs associated with clusters (hardware, software, support, usability) 32-bit vs. 64-bit architectures Cluster Project ACTIVITIES: A.1 Profiling Tuning Selected Applications: A.1.a/b Physics and Chemistry Codes (Elster students, Dept. of Computer Science Dept., NTNU) A.1.2a Profiling User-Analysis of Amber, Dalton Gaussian (Tor Johansen staff, Comp. Center, U of Troms?) A.1.2b Optimization tool analysis of Dalton (Anshus PostDoc/student, Dept. of Comp. Sci., U of Troms?) Cluster Project ACTIVITIES continuted: A.2 Execution Monitoring (Anshus, Tore Larsen students, CS, U of T) A.3 Visualization servers, etc. (Hallgren, Elster students, CS, NTNU) A.4 Impact of future numerical algorithms (R?nquist student, Dept. of Mathematics, NTNU A.5 Interface with NOTUR ET – Grid Project (Elster, Harald Simonsen and colleagues, staff students