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LinkSCEEM-2: A computational resource for the development of Computational Sciences in the Eastern Mediterranean
Mostafa ZoubiSESAME
SESAME – LinkSCEEM roadshow at Jordan University of Science and Technology (JUST), 4 May 2014.
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Content• Introduction• Available computational
resources • Access to Resources• High Performance
Computing training opportunities
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Content
• Introduction - HPC• Available computational
resources • Access to Resources• High Performance
Computing training opportunities
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High Performance ComputingSupercomputers are large scale computers that use many processors and fast interconnect to solve parallel problems
source: www.computing.llnl.gov
serial computation parallel computation
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Scalable systems Does your latop / PC support parallel CPU programing ?
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High Performance ComputingSupercomputers are large scale computers that use many processors and fast interconnect to solve parallel problems
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See how Pelegant Beam dynamics simulation software is going to be distributed on a small PS3 devices cluster.
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High Performance ComputingSupercomputers are large scale computers that use many processors and fast interconnect to solve parallel problems
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See how ET is going to be improved by increasing the number of cores to find the max. prime number in 20000000 numbers
High Performance ComputingSupercomputers are large scale computers that use many processors and fast interconnect to solve parallel problems
JUQUEEN at Juelich Supercomputing Centre in
Germany (no. 8 world wide), 458,752 cores 5,872.0 Tflop/s
National Supercomputer Centre of China (no. 1 world wide) 3,120,000 cores 54,902.4
TFlop/s
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Content
• Introduction - LinkSCEEM• Available computational
resources • Access to Resources• High Performance
Computing training opportunities
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HPC in the Eastern Mediterranean
• LinkSCEEM-1 project run from 2008-2009– assessment of HPC resources and users in the
Eastern Mediterranean
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countries by HPC resources (status Nov 2013, source www.top500.org)
Need for additional computational resources(regional survey LinkSCEEM-1)
Saudi Arabia - 0.6%,
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HPC in the Eastern Mediterranean
• LinkSCEEM-1 project run from 2008-2009– assessment of HPC resources and users in the
Eastern Mediterranean
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Conclusions:Main factors that have hindered the development of computational science in the region
• limited access to HPC resources• limited knowledge on HPC• inadequate regional connectivity• limited awareness of simulation as a scientific tool
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LinkSCEEM-2 - Establish a HPC EcoSystem in the Eastern Mediterranean
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FP7 under Grant Agreement Number: 261600
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• Provide access to HPC resources• Provide training in HPC• Raise awareness for
HPC research tools• Bring international
expertise into the region
LinkSCEEM-2: Development of a HPC ecoSystem in Cyprus and the Eastern Mediterranean
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HPC user community training and support
Cy-Tera
HPC userHPC e-infrastructure
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Both Cy-Tera and LinkSCEEM are under CaSToRC (Computation-based Science and Technology Research Center)
Project consortium
• Regional research institutions and international centres of excellence in high performance computing (HPC)
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• Introduction• Available computational
resources • Access to Resources• High Performance
Computing training opportunities
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Cy-Tera HPC System at CyI• Hybrid CPU/GPU Linux Cluster• Theoretical Peak Performance (TPP) = 30.5Tflops• Computational Power
– 98 x 2 x Intel Westmere 6-core compute nodes (1176 CPU’s)– 18 x 2 x Intel Westmere 6-core + 4 x NVIDIA M2070 GPU
nodes (216 CPU’s and 72 GPU’s)• 48 GB memory per node (5.56 TB)• MPI Messaging & Storage Access
– 40Gbps QDR Infiniband• Storage: 360TB raw disk
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EUCLID Cluster System at CyI
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• 1 TFlop/s • 12 eight-core compute nodes (4 * x3550, 8 * x3650M2)• 2 quad-core sockets per node, each is Intel Quad Xeon
E5440 @ 2.83GHz• 16 GB memory per node Total memory .192 Tbytes• 10 TB shared scratch - not backed up
EUCLID is a training Cluster for LinkSCEEM Project
HPC System at Bibliotheca Alexandrina SUN cluster of peak performance of 12 Tflops
130 eight-core compute nodes 2 quad-core sockets per node, each is Intel Quad
Xeon E5440 @ 2.83GHz 8 GB memory per node, Total memory 1.05 TBytes
36 TB shared scratch Node-node interconnect
Ethernet & 4x SDR Infiniband network for MPI
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• Introduction• Available computational
resources • Access to Resources• High Performance
Computing training opportunities
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Access to HPC facilities
Regionally distributed LinkSCEEM e-infrastructure is being accessed for free through a joint call• CaSToRC (Computation-based Science and Technology
Research Center): – Cy-Tera (CPU/GPU cluster, 30 TFlops)– EUCLID (LinkSCEEM training cluster)
• BA: – Sun cluster (CPU, 12 TFlops)
• Regional collaboration– currently: HP-SEE (High-Performance Computing Infrastructure for
South East Europe’s Research Communities)pilot access for LinkSCEEM users
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What are the different types of access?
• Preparatory access – up to 6 months Call always open (apply here)
• Production access – up to 12 months (apply here)
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Access to resources - process
Proposal submission
Technical review
Scientific review
Right to reply
Resource allocation through RAC
Notification of applicant
Proposal submission
Technical review
Scientific review
Right to reply
Resource allocation through RAC
Notification of applicant
Production Access(process duration 2 month)
Preparatory Access(process duration 2 days!)
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Success stories• Project is in its 4rd year now (duration of 4 + x years)• LinkSCEEM e-infrastructure is established • 4 production access calls allocated, 2 finished already
Projects by country: 4th callProjects by country: 3rd call
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Content
• Introduction• Available computational
resources • Access to Resources• High Performance
Computing training opportunities
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HPC training opportunities
• LinkSCEEM aims to offer training opportunities to new and experienced users
• Training efforts focus on– Online training opportunities– Educational Access Program– LinkSCEEM training events
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Online training opportunities• Attempts to aggregate and filter
material into distinct categories• Recommends content within
categories• Provides an environment to
browse content from categories while remaining within the website
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Portal Website
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Educational Access Program
• Access to HPC resources for educational purpose
• LinkSCEEM offers resources dedicated to this type of access
• Euclid is used as the training cluster of the LinkSCEEM Project
• Apply via [email protected]
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LinkSCEEM training eventsa total of 32 to date
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Last years events
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Training material from past events is available on the Linksceem-2 website: http://linksceem.eu/ls2/user-resources/lectures.html SESAME LinkSCEEM
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• The 4th SESAME – LinkSCEEM Summer School• 15 – 17 June 2014 – Amman, Jordan• Deadline: Interested participants should apply
before May 15th, 2014.
The 4th SESAME – LinkSCEEM Summer School
