Data Center Design and Planning for HPC Folks
Presenters
Event Type
Tutorial
HPC Center Planning and Operations
TimeMonday, November 13th1:30pm -
5pm
Location301
DescriptionHigh Performance Computing continues to rise and is no
longer the domain of the special centers. It is
inevitable that it will place demands on facilities and
provide for the care and feeding of the external
resources needed. It is common for HPC admins to get
tasked at the last minute, with planning the data center
needs specific to HPC. This tutorial addresses that
since there is no other course available to impart the
basic HPC-centric facilities planning. We know how to
run codes efficiently but not to how to manage the
surrounding infrastructure planning process. Data center
design is critical as otherwise HPC associated expensive
resources can be hobbled by lack of proper data center
facilities.
In this tutorial, the authors propose to train users on how to begin the planning process, how to take stock of the current environmental demands, space, cooling, electricity, security, operations, and maintenance as well as foresee potential problems, point out methods and sources helpful to diagnose shortcoming in existing or incomplete data centers and develop data and insight necessary to distinguish and document correct and incorrect implementations.
In this tutorial, the authors propose to train users on how to begin the planning process, how to take stock of the current environmental demands, space, cooling, electricity, security, operations, and maintenance as well as foresee potential problems, point out methods and sources helpful to diagnose shortcoming in existing or incomplete data centers and develop data and insight necessary to distinguish and document correct and incorrect implementations.
