Archives for September 2013

Object Storage for Dummies eBook

Object storage is not just about adding new storage functionality. It also fundamentally reduces the complexity of how applications interact with storage. A new eBook offers timely insight into this important new field.

Infographic: Supercomputing 101

  It’s been a week of infographics here this week. Today we bring you this installment from Energy.Gov entitled, Everything You Need to Know About Supercomputers. A supercomputer is a powerful computer consisting of many processors that work in parallel to perform a complex task. Supercomputers are changing the way scientists study the origins of […]

XSEDE Using ROCKS to Help Ease Access to Campus Clusters

A new ROCKS Rolls distribution is one of several steps XSEDE will take to make it easier for researchers to use campus and national resources.

European Space Agency to use cloud-based research platform

This platform will provide authorized users with simple access tools to view and retrieve data from multiple archives, to place their tasking requests, to fetch data, and to report results back to data providers; which will make a larger pool of data available to scientific data users.

Erich Strohmaier on the Challenges of Exascale

According to Strohmaier, exascale will allow scientists to study the most challenging problems in much greater detail with much greater accuracy.

Podcast: Dell Collaboration Speeds Emirates Team New Zealand in Americas Cup

“We can now complete an entire boat design test in three days using the Dell HPC cluster. We’ve gone from 30 to 40 design candidates being tested physically for our 2007 Cup campaign to testing 300-400 designs for this edition of the America’s Cup,” said Nick Holroyd, Technical Director, Emirates Team New Zealand.

Ready for 3 Exabytes? Molly Rector on the Rise of Tape

Molly Rector from Spectra Logic describes the current state of the Tape market, trends toward hybrid storage systems, and the company’s T-Finity system, which maxes out at a whopping 3 Exabytes.

OpenSFS to Host Lustre User Group Meetings in China and Japan

  Today OpenSFS announced the expansion of the Lustre User Group (LUG) conferences to the Asia-Pacific Region (APAC). The first Asian LUGs will take place in Beijing, China, on October 15, 2013, followed by Tokyo, Japan, on October 17, 2013. There’s really no substitute for face-to-face technical discussions with plenty of chance for in depth […]

Sponsored Post: Balancing High Performance with Cost when Analyzing Big Data

HPC and big data professionals need high performance to ingest and analyze huge amounts of data, while still managing power and cost efficiently.

HPC University – A Great Resource for Students and Educators

In this podcast, Ange Mason from the San Diego Supercomputing Center takes us on a tour of HPC University — a resource site on High Performance Computing for students and educators. The HPC University (HPCU) is a virtual organization whose primary goal is to provide a cohesive, persistent, and sustainable on-line environment to share educational […]