WORKSHOP: Linux Clusters Inst May 18-22 @ Oklahoma University

Event time: 
Monday, May 18, 2015 - 8:00am to Friday, May 22, 2015 - 12:00pm
Event description: 

DETAILS:

If you are a linux system administrator new to HPC, this is the workshop for you!

In just five days you will:

* learn HPC system administration concepts and technologies and how to apply them;

* get hands-on skills building a small test cluster in lab sessions;

* hear real-life stories and get to ask experts questions in panel discussions.

For more information, see the LCI website:

TENTATIVE AGENDA – SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE

Monday

8:00am: Breakfast

8:30am: Welcome and Open

9:00am: Lecture: Intro to HPC

10:00am: Lab: Intro to HPC exercise

10:30am: Break

11:00am: Lecture: Intro to MPI

12:00noon: Working Lunch/Lab: Intro to MPI exercise

1:00pm: Lecture: Cluster Stack Basics

3:00pm: Break

3:30pm: Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Quick Introduction to EC2

3:45pm: Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Head Node Setup

7:30pm: TOUR: OU Data Center

Tuesday

8:00am: Breakfast

8:30am: Lecture: Intro to Networking

9:00am: Lecture: HPC Storage Part I

10:30am: Break

11:00am: Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Storage Server

12:00noon: Lunch

1:00pm: Lecture: HPC Storage Part II

2:00pm: Lecture: Introduction to Configuration Management

3:00pm: Break

3:30pm: Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Compute Nodes

4:30pm: Lecture: Node Health Check

Wednesday

8:00am: Breakfast

8:30am: Lecture: Scheduling & Resource Management Part I

10:30am: Break

11:00am: Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Install Scheduler on Head Node

12:00noon: Lunch

1:00pm: Lecture: Scheduling & Resource Management Part II

2:00pm: Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Run application via scheduler Part I

3:00pm: Break

3:30pm: Lecture: HPC User Support

4:30pm: Lab: Build-a-Cluster: Run application via scheduler Part II

Thursday

8:00am: Breakfast

8:30am: Lecture: Networking

10:00am: Panel/Roundtable: Hardware

10:30am: Break

11:00am: Lecture: Third-Party Software Management

12:00noon: Lunch

1:00pm: Lecture: Account Management

2:30pm: Panel/Roundtable: Software

3:00pm: Break

3:30pm: Lecture: Monitoring

4:30pm: Lecture: Hadoop

Friday

8:00am: Breakfast

8:30am: Lecture: ADVANCED TOPIC to be announced

10:00am: Panel/Roundtable: People

10:30am: Break

11:00am: Wrap-up Discussion and Q&A

12:00noon: Box Lunch and Adjourn