Hands-on Workshop on Design, Installation and Management of HPC Data Centers for Academic Institutions

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Hands-on Workshop on Design, Installation and Management of HPC Data Centers for Academic Institutions | (smr 3380)

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Monday, 8 April 2019

11:15 - 17:00 Planning

11:15 Welcome Ceremony and Introductions 1h15'
12:30 Lunch break 1h30'

14:00 Data Centre Planning: Capacity, Environment & Growth 1h15'

Speaker:	Clement ONIME (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

15:15 Interactive break 30'

15:45 DEMO: install of a HPC cluster using ROCKS 45'

Speaker:	Maria VERINA (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

16:30 Group exercises; hands-on, problem solving & brain storming sessions 30'

Tuesday, 9 April 2019

09:30 - 17:00 Layout/spacing

09:30 Introduction; layout, spacing and types of RACK equipment 1h15'

Speaker: Marko RATOSA (ICTP)
10:45 Interactive break 30'

11:15 Access control & safety systems (fire, etc) 1h15'

Speaker:	Marko RATOSA (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

12:30 Lunch break 1h30'

14:00 DEMO: introduction to managing a HPC cluster 1h15'

Speakers:	Maria VERINA (ICTP), Clement ONIME (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

15:15 Interactive break 30'
15:45 DEMO: using a HPC cluster, submitting jobs, etc 45'

Speakers: Clement ONIME (ICTP), Maria VERINA (ICTP)
16:30 Group exercises; hands-on, problem solving & brain storming sessions 30'

Wednesday, 10 April 2019

09:30 - 17:00 Cooling

09:30 Cooling system basic overview; Types; indoor & outdoor, etc. 1h15'

Speaker: Marko RATOSA (ICTP)
10:45 Interactive break 30'
11:15 Redundancy and Special considerations for Tropical climates 1h15'

Speakers: Marko RATOSA (ICTP), Clement ONIME (ICTP)
12:30 Lunch break 1h30'

14:00 DEMO: Install of OpenStack based Cloud infrastructure & services 1h15'

video conference

Speaker:	Ishaku ANAOBI (University of Jos, Nigeria)
Material:	Slides

15:15 Interactive break 30'
15:45 DEMO: Services from the Cloud infrastructure: nextcloud, web & tomcat, etc 45'

Speakers: Clement ONIME (ICTP), Maria VERINA (ICTP)
16:30 Group exercises; hands-on, problem solving & brain storming sessions 30'

Thursday, 11 April 2019

09:30 - 17:00 Electrical

09:30 Single or 3-phase phase power, types of loads and equipment: pdu, mdf, etc 1h15'

Speaker: Marko RATOSA (ICTP)
10:45 Interactive break 30'
11:15 Redundancy:UPS and generators/ distribution/ switchover of single or 3 phase electrical supply 1h15'

Speaker: Marko RATOSA (ICTP)
12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
14:00 DEMO: Configuring a ROCKS cluster for UPS monitoring. 1h15'

Speaker: Clement ONIME (ICTP)
15:15 Interactive break 30'

15:45 Some notes on ROCKS clusters: upgrade, integration, etc 45'

Speaker:	Clement ONIME (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

16:30 Group exercises; hands-on, problem solving & brain storming sessions 30'

Friday, 12 April 2019

09:30 - 17:00 Data Handling

09:30 Centralized data handling: servers, storage, network, switches & hardware characteristics IPMI/BMC, dual powersupply 1h15'

Speakers:	Clement ONIME (ICTP), Maria VERINA (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

10:45 Interactive break 30'
11:15 Cabling, uplinks, redundancy, high availability & backups 1h15'

Speakers: Maria VERINA (ICTP), Clement ONIME (ICTP)
12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
14:00 General user support & RT Trouble Ticket system 1h15'

Speakers: Johannes GRASSBERGER (ICTP), Clement ONIME (ICTP)
15:15 Interactive break 30'

15:45 HPC and the Elastic Data Centre: virtualisations and clouds 45'

Speaker:	Clement ONIME (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

16:30 Group exercises; hands-on, problem solving & brain storming sessions 30'

Monday, 15 April 2019

09:30 - 17:00 Operational

09:30 Documentation, labeling, monitoring maintenance & troubleshooting; Spares & support contracts 1h15'

Speakers:	Maria VERINA (ICTP), Marko RATOSA (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

10:45 Interactive break 30'

11:15 High-Performance Computing at the ICTP: Challenges of Large Scale Scientific Simulations and Programs for Education 1h15'

Speaker:	Ivan Girotto (ICTP)
Material:	Slides

12:30 Lunch break 1h30'
14:00 Purchasing/ procurement practices and strategies 1h15'

Speaker: Ulrich SINGE (ICTP)
15:15 Interactive break 30'
15:45 Greening the data center 45'

Speaker: Clement ONIME (ICTP)
16:30 Group exercises; hands-on, problem solving & brain storming sessions 30'

Tuesday, 16 April 2019
- 09:30 - 11:15
  - 09:30 Final Feedback discussion & evaluation session 1h15'
  - 10:45 Closing 30'