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Dls@uab.edu at 15:01, 2 March 2010

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	=== [[HPC Services Activities FY2009]] ===		=== [[HPC Services Activities FY2009]] ===
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			== '''Research Computing Goals, Minutes of Meetings, and Accomplishments for FY2010''' ==
			=== [[Research Computing Goals for FY2010]] ===
			=== [[Research Computing Minutes of Meetings for 2010]] ===
			=== [[Research Computing Activities FY2010]] ===
			=== [[Research Computing Annual Report FY2010]] ===

	== '''Research Computing Web Pages''' ==		== '''Research Computing Web Pages''' ==

Dls@uab.edu at 20:12, 22 June 2009

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	=== [[HPC Services Minutes of Meetings for 2009]] ===		=== [[HPC Services Minutes of Meetings for 2009]] ===
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			=== [[HPC Services Annual Report FY2009]] ===

	== '''Research Computing Web Pages''' ==		== '''Research Computing Web Pages''' ==

Dls@uab.edu at 16:19, 5 June 2009

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Dls@uab.edu at 21:24, 10 November 2008

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			=== [[HPC Services Activities FY2009]] ===

	== '''Research Computing Web Pages''' ==		== '''Research Computing Web Pages''' ==

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-* '''GOAL 1:'''	''UAB Grid Computing Project''
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 == '''Research Computing Web Pages''' ==

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Off-campus Resources

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	* Internet2/NLR		* Internet2/NLR
	* Alabama RON		* Alabama RON
	* SURA		* [[SURA]]
	=== Tools and Support		=== Tools and Support

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	Note: The term HPC is used to mean high performance computing, which has many definitions available on the web. At UAB, HPC generally refer to “computational facilities substantially more powerful than current desktops computers (PCs and workstations) …by an order of magnitude or better.” See http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks/docs/hpc-intro/node3.html for more description of this usage of HPC.		Note: The term HPC is used to mean high performance computing, which has many definitions available on the web. At UAB, HPC generally refer to “computational facilities substantially more powerful than current desktops computers (PCs and workstations) …by an order of magnitude or better.” See http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks/docs/hpc-intro/node3.html for more description of this usage of HPC.

			===Overview===

	HPC Services is a unit within IT Infrastructure Services in the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology. Our mission is to support the high performance computing and collaboration application needs of researchers by fostering the growth of an HPC-[http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/~foster/Articles/WhatIsTheGrid.pdf grid computing] and Internet2/NLR 10Gbps networking infrastructure able to harness resources across organizational boundaries.		HPC Services is a unit within IT Infrastructure Services in the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology. Our mission is to support the high performance computing and collaboration application needs of researchers by fostering the growth of an HPC-[http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/~foster/Articles/WhatIsTheGrid.pdf grid computing] and Internet2/NLR 10Gbps networking infrastructure able to harness resources across organizational boundaries.

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Introduction

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 Note:  The term HPC is used to mean high performance computing, which has many definitions available on the web.  At UAB, HPC generally refer to “computational facilities substantially more powerful than current desktops computers (PCs and workstations) …by an order of magnitude or better.”  See http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks/docs/hpc-intro/node3.html for more description of this usage of HPC.
-=== Introduction ===
+HPC Services is a unit within IT Infrastructure Services in the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology. Our mission is to support the high performance computing and collaboration application needs of researchers by fostering the growth of an HPC-[http://www-fp.mcs.anl.gov/~foster/Articles/WhatIsTheGrid.pdf grid computing] and Internet2/NLR 10Gbps networking infrastructure able to harness resources across organizational boundaries.
 === HPC Project Five Year Plan as of Summer 2006===

Dls@uab.edu: /* HPC Services Plans */

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HPC Services Plans

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	Note: The term HPC is used to mean high performance computing, which has many definitions available on the web. At UAB, HPC generally refer to “computational facilities substantially more powerful than current desktops computers (PCs and workstations) …by an order of magnitude or better.” See http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks/docs/hpc-intro/node3.html for more description of this usage of HPC.		Note: The term HPC is used to mean high performance computing, which has many definitions available on the web. At UAB, HPC generally refer to “computational facilities substantially more powerful than current desktops computers (PCs and workstations) …by an order of magnitude or better.” See http://parallel.hpc.unsw.edu.au/rks/docs/hpc-intro/node3.html for more description of this usage of HPC.

			=== Introduction ===
			IT Infrastructure Services / HPC Services
			HPC Services is a unit within IT Infrastructure Services in the Office of the Vice President for Information Technology. Our mission is to support the high performance computing and collaboration application needs of researchers by fostering the growth of an HPC-grid computing and Internet2/NLR 10Gbps networking infrastructure able to harness resources across organizational boundaries. Our active projects include:
			UABgrid Collaboration Environment
			UABgrid connects researchers to high performance computing and collaboration resources on campus, within the state, and around the globe. It provides uniform access to local applications and HPC clusters and integrates with the application platforms of SURAgrid, TeraGrid and caBIG. UABgrid is a standards-based software infrastructure built upon components like the Globus Toolkit, Shibboleth, and GridShib. UABgrid includes GridWay, a grid scheduler that manages computational workflows across HPC resources located in the UAB Shared Computing Facility, Department of Computer and Information Sciences (CIS), or at a collaborator's facility. UABgrid leverages the identity infrastructure of InCommon to support universal access to shared resources by members of UAB and their collaborators at other institutions. UABgrid hosts web collaboration tools to help collaborations get operational quickly. HPC services in collaboration with CIS and Mechanical Engineering, has provided educational programs like the 2007 Grid Computing Boot Camp, and is exploring the expansion of our campus model for HPC to other campuses of the UA System and the Alabama Supercomputing Authority.
			InCommon Federated Identity
			InCommon is a federation of higher-education institutions in the US that have standardized the interface to their identity management systems. This enables BlazerID-based access to resources hosted by member institutions, an increasing collection of affiliated vendor applications, like WebAssign, and grant management interfaces for the NSF and NIH. The ability to cross organization boundaries using a consistent identifier can simplify many collaboration scenarios.
			Professional Collaborations
			HPC Services is an engaged participant in technology groups in Alabama, across the region, the US, and Europe. Activities include the UA System Collaborative Technology activities, Alabama Regional Optical Network, Internet2, SURAgrid, EDUCAUSE, Open Grid Forum, and SuperComputing.
			HPC Services is available to help you integrate these technologies with your research initiatives. For more information please contact Bob Cloud (recloud@uab.edu, 996-5707), David Shealy (dls@uab.edu, 934-8068), or John-Paul Robinson (jpr@uab.edu, 975-0124). For additional information on UAB's information technology and research computing infrastructure please visit these sites:
			• The Office of the Vice President for IT
			• UAB campus network infrastructure and services available to researchers
			• UABgrid Project home page
			• School of Engineering Enabling Technology Lab (ETL)
			• Department of Computer & Information Sciences




	=== HPC Project Five Year Plan as of Summer 2006===		=== HPC Project Five Year Plan as of Summer 2006===

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	=== Research Network ===		=== Research Network ===

	The UAB Research Network is currently a dedicated 10GE optical connection between Shared HPC Facility and Computer Science HPC Lab which will leverage network for staging grid-based compute jobs and allow direct connection to high-bandwidth regional networks. This network allows very high speed secure connectivity between the existing HPC clusters in Engineering and Computer science as well as high speed file transfer of very large data sets, between clusters, without the concerns of interfering with other traffic on the campus backbone. This dedicated connection also guarantees a predictable latency between the clusters. ~~The following~~ figure ~~shows~~ logical ~~configuration~~. ~~[[Image:ResearchNetwork v1.jpg]]~~		[[Image:Network-propsal.png\|right\|thumb\|100px\|10GigE Research Network]]
			The UAB Research Network is currently a dedicated 10GE optical connection between Shared HPC Facility and Computer Science HPC Lab which will leverage network for staging grid-based compute jobs and allow direct connection to high-bandwidth regional networks. This network allows very high speed secure connectivity between the existing HPC clusters in Engineering and Computer science as well as high speed file transfer of very large data sets, between clusters, without the concerns of interfering with other traffic on the campus backbone. This dedicated connection also guarantees a predictable latency between the clusters. See the figure at the right for a logical view of this network and the associated services.

	=== Grid Computing ===		=== Grid Computing ===