BIG DATA STATE OF THE ART

Sr. Paul Carpenter

Senior Researcher

Barcelona Supercomputing Centerwww.bsc.es | www.rethinkbig-project.eu

@BSC_CNS

Barcelona Supercomputing CenterPaul Carpenter, Gina Alioto

Barcelona Big Data Congress5 Oct 2016

© 2014 Network Computing, JohnKlossner

big data \big dey-tuh\ n, pl big data

“all-encompassing term for any collection of data sets solarge and complex that it becomes difficult to processusing on-hand data management tools or traditionaldata processing applications.”

“Datasets whose size is beyond the ability of typical database software tools to capture, store, manage, and analyze”

“A new attitude by businesses, non-profits, government agencies, and individuals that combining data from multiple sources could lead to better decisions.”

Forbes, 3 Sep 2014, 12 Big Data Definitions – What’s Yours?, Gil Press

big data \big dey-tuh\ n, pl big data

“ …answers to this question will tend to be almost entirely based on opinions." “If you can imagine an entire book that answers your question, you’re asking too much."

The proof is in the pr cessing…

In 2014, the European Commission asked for a roadmap for European leadership in hardware and networking

optimizations for Big Data

Why hardware?

Big data analytics is about monetizing data

Hardware is not an asset but a liability

Hardware doesn’t matter

It matters to Microsoft… and Facebook and Twitter and…

What European companies are saying

Looking for right business model

Not yet interested in hardware

Key Findings(1) How to extract value?

Hyperscalers take risks and define the ecosystem

Europe is highly fragmented and cannot keep up

Key Findings(2) European companies follow hyperscalers

Key Findings(3) Europe waits for commodity

© 1998 Andy Glasbergen

Intel is the gatekeeper for data centre architectures

Key Findings(4) Dominance of non-EU hardware

In 2016, we delivered a roadmap for European leadership in hardware and networking optimizations

for Big Data

Roadmap Recommendations

(1) Reduce risk and cost of using hardware accelerators, such as FPGAs

Roadmap Recommendations

(2) Encourage European hardware and software experts to work together on whole systems tuned for

specific applications (co-design)

Roadmap Recommendations

(3) Prepare for next generation of hardware,and take advantage of the convergence of High-

Performance Computing HPC and Big Data

Life Sciences & Medicine

Earth Sciences

Astro,High Energy

& Plasma Physics

Materials, Chemistry & Nanoscience

Engineering

Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC)

70% PRACE 24% RES 6% BSC-CNS

3 PBof disk storage

100.8 TBof main memory

Nearly50,000 cores

MareNostrum 3Over 1015 Floating Point Operations per second

Earth Sciences

CASE

ComputerSciences

LifeSciences

To influence the way machines are built, programmed and used:

programming models, performance tools, Big Data, computer

architecture, energy efficiency

To develop and implement global and regional state-of-the-art

models for short-term air quality forecast and long-term

climate applications

To understand living organisms by means of theoretical and

computational methods (molecular modeling, genomics, proteomics)

To develop scientific and engineering software to efficiently

exploit super-computing capabilities (biomedical, geophysics,

atmospheric, energy, social and economic simulations)

BSC Departments

Big Data @BSCFighting Cancer

• Analysis of 2000 tumors

• 20 different types

• Using to answer questions about the formation of these tumors.

Big Data @BSCSmart Cities

• Sensors around Barcelona gather data on traffic, pollution levels.

• Processed in cabinets throughout the city

• BSC developing a solution that is quick-to-deploy

• Improved quality of life

Download the Roadmap for European Technologies in Hardware and Networking for Big Data at:

www.rethinkbig-project.eu/roadmap