Short Courses of WSCAD 2018
Keywords:
High Performance ComputingSynopsis
In this book, the three short courses presented during the XIX Symposium on High Performance Computing Systems are compiled. The event was held between October 01 and 03, 2018 in São Paulo, SP. In all short courses, the practical bias that encourages participants and readers to use high performance effectively stands out. The chapter "Introduction to Parallel Storage and I/O Systems" introduces parallel I/O and storage systems geared toward high-performance computing environments. The authors show that, increasingly, one has to worry about how large datasets are retrieved and stored by large-scale distributed applications, since access to such data can take up a significant amount of time to execute the application. The chapter "Best Practices for the Implementation and Management of an Unassisted Supercomputing Center" proposes to share some of the best practices adopted in deploying a supercomputer. The main purpose is to bring information about the integration of several services to carry out this management, such as the implementation of a User Portal, the use of internet of things in supercomputing environments. In this sense, we also discuss some technologies that can be used to increase the security of the system. Finally, the chapter "Introduction to High Performance Computing in the Computational Cloud" presents, beside an introduction to the concepts of high performance computing, an overview of the services offered in the Computational Cloud and how these services can be used to perform high performance computing. Furthermore, the chapter presents two use cases in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) provider, which characterizes the practical aspect of the short course.
Chapters
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1. Introduction to Parallel I/O and Storage Systems
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2. Best Practices for the Implementation and Management of an Unassisted Supercomputing Center
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3. Introduction to High Performance Computing in the Cloud
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