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