The Systems-Facing track of the People Network will focus on aspects relevant to the execution of research computing and data systems.

Topics include:

Architecture (hardware solutions, cloud integration, VMs, container integration, …)
Storage systems (file systems, SAN, NAS, NVMe, Burstbuffer, …)
Networking (data transfer solutions, Infiniband, campus-wide, …)
Cluster management and configuration (scheduling, accounting and reporting, …)
Accelerators (GPU, FPGA, …)
Security (auditing, compliance, policies, procedures, …)
User environment (Modules, CUDA, …)

We connect via monthly calls and an email list.

Join Us! Fill out our membership form to let us know who you are and what you’re interested in. We’ll add you to the email list.

Monthly calls are on the third Tuesday of the month, 1pm ET. Connection information and links to any materials are distributed via email.

Upcoming Calls

Cornell University Data Finder Tool
December 5, 2019, 1p ET/12p CT/ 11a MT/ 10a PT

Previous Call Topics

October 2019 – HTCondor’s Philosophy of High-Throughput Computing
September 2019 – Providing a Unified Software Environment for Canada’s National Advanced Computing Centers
August 2019 – Storage and Data Management for a Mid-Scale Research Data Set
July 2019 – Racktables for graphical HPC cluster management
June 2019 – Open Discussion
May, 2019 – Globus Installation and Configuration
April, 2019 — Charliecloud ~ Unprivileged Containers for User-Defined Software Stacks
March, 2019 – Ceph as a campus storage solution (block and objects)

Brian Haymore, Sr IT Architect – HPC, Center for High Performance Computing, University of Utah

Alan Silver, IT Professional, UW-Madison