Universidad Politécnica de Baja

California.Juan P. Navarro Sanchez9th level EnglishTeacher: Alejandra Acosta

The Beowulf Project.

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My Proposal> This project consists of having

the students from the university build a Beowulf style cluster

> Can be done with available hardware

> There is a wide range of open source software for this.

> Implementation the basics of networking, and systems administration

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The Background> Beowulf cluster> Built in 1994 by Thomas

Sterling and Donald Becker for the NASA.

> Named after an English poem.> A Beowulf cluster is a group of

what are normally identical, commercially available computers, which are running a Free and Open Source Software 

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Cluster> A computer cluster is a group

of linked computers, working together closely thus in many respects forming a single computer.

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HPC> High-performance computing

uses supercomputers and comp-uter clusters to solve advanced computation problems.

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The Grid> Grid computing is a term

referring to the combination of computer resources from multiple administrative domains to reach a common goal. 

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TSUBAME: The inspiration for this project

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Why the cluster?

> Energy research> 3D modeling> Scientific research> Aerospace Investigation> Cost effective> Unique in the area

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> Scientific research> Energy research> Virtualization> 3D modeling> Aerospace investigation> Others

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The software> Message Passing Interface (MPI)

programming model;> Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM)

programming, execution, and debugging model;

> Parallel file system;> Tools to configure, schedule,

manage, and tune parallel applications;

> Higher level libraries.

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The hardware> Switches> Cable> Cluster servers (these are the

ones doing all the processing)> Cluster head (scheduling tasks,

managing the whole cluster)> Host, user

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NVidia Tesla Cards> High parallel capabilities> Low power consumption> Inexpensive compared to other

solutions

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Programming> Students from UPBC can work

developing part of the software needed like Matsuoka Satoshi did with the TSUBAME grid.

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Conclusion

> This cluster if ever done would be of great help as it would let us do research and make advances to the technology.

> Having this cluster is necessary if the university plans to grow bigger.

> Finally the project should be done by the students with supervision from the school teachers, or work side by side with the engineers of the project.

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> Enlanger, L., Lackow, A. (2006). High-Performance Computing: Supercharging the Enterprise. Retrieved from

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> Tokyo Institute of Technology Global Scientific Information and Computing Center. (2010). What is STUBAME. Retrieved from http://www.gsic.titech.ac.jp/en/tsubame

> The STUBAME Grid (2006). Redefining Supercomputing. Retrieved from http://www.sun.com/servers/x64/x4600/tsubame.pdf 1-4.

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Thank you