Questions tagged [hpc]
High Performance Computing encompasses using "supercomputers" with high numbers of CPUs, large parallel storage systems and advanced networks to perform time-consuming calculations. Parallel algorithms and parallelization of storage are essential to this field, as well as issues with complex, fast networking fabrics such as Infiniband.
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Can't force HPZ600 workstation into PXE
I've got a HPC 2008 cluster of HP Z600 workstatsions, and though my head node can add them to the cluster (using node.xml files), and can reboot them, when the Z600 powers on the PXE attempt just ...
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What is the OSPM Power management feature in current HPC clusters?
What does the operating system do in ordder to manage power in current HPC clusters ?
What are the functionalities embedded in current HPC clusters in order to save power
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Alternative to ScaleMP?
Anyone know of an alternative to ScaleMP? They let several x86 boxes boot as one large box. Theoretically AMD's hypertransport should allow the same thing.
Any other companies or OSS projects doing ...
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high level server design/programming question [closed]
I am interested in designing a simple lan based server which accepts and services a limited number of connections ( < 25) from within the lan at any time. The server generates images dynamically ...
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What cluster management software does there exist for Windows, except for MS HPC Server? [closed]
Do there exist any open-source solutions? Perhaps, cheaper commercial ones?
I'm surprised that googling does not yield anything meaningful for me.
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Which compute node did a Sun Grid Engine job execute on?
What is the easiest way to determine which node a compute job was executed on, using Sun Grid Engine?
qstat seems to only list running/queued jobs
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How to get the best LINPACK result and conquer the Top500?
Given a large Linux HPC cluster with hundreds/thousands of nodes. What are your best practices to get the best possible LINPACK benchmark (HPL) result to submit for the Top500 supercomputer list?
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Why are most supercomputer using linux? [closed]
Referring to this BBC Article: Supercomputing superpowers
Almost all the supercomputers are using Linux as operating system. Why is Linux so popular?
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Windows HPC Server 08 suitability for Matlabs
I want to setup another Hyper-V VM for installing Matlabs/doing some compute-intensive programming using C.
I keep thinking that Windows Server HPC 2008 is designed for this sort of work. Would I be ...
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Is this a HPC or HA mySQL cluster?
Can someone tell me if this is a High Performance Compute or High Available mySQL cluster?
There is a picture of the setup.
This is part of the config.ini they talk about
[ndbd default]
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Rocksclusters reinstalling nodes partitioning error
I have a HPC based on rocksclusters
So when I've added new roll (torque) I send a kickstart command to all nodes to reinstall them. But after loading X installer on nodes all of them showed me an ...
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WEB based HPC cluster node management
i am working on my school diploma thesis. The main goal is to create web based application where logged users could see free and busy nodes, turn them on and off, see what process they are running etc....
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What applications can be used in a Red Hat/CentOS cluster?
When I look at the Red Hat cluster manuals 1 2, they only explain how to install it but not what applications can use it. I am new to clusters, so I don't know these things =)
Let's say I want to 3 ...
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Security Concerns for High Performance Clusters
This is a VERY open question since this is my first time creating a cluster. I'm just wondering what type of security concerns will there be and how to prevent them.
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Using SGE ...
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Windows HPC Server 2008: private network across VMs?
Windows HPC Server 2008 provides the option to automatically deploy OS images to new cluster node, using Windows Deployment Services. However, this requires the HPC cluster to be set up with a "...
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setting up a cluster
I have 5 PC(s) connected over a LAN through a switch.
I want to connect them to form a HPC cluster. The OS may be any Linux version (currently I have installed Ubuntu 8.10, 9.10 and Fedora 10)
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