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Research Computing Support:
Finding the Right Mix of
Centralized and Distributed IT
Resources
Presentation Author, 2006
Beth Anderson, Giles Goetz,
Dan Siercks, Melissa Woo
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
March 15, 2011
History
• 2006 – CIO advocates for campus CI support
• 2007- Campus research needs survey
• 2008 - Director of Research Cyberinfrastructure
• Mid-2009 – Faculty CI work group report
• July 2009 - 20+ new engineering faculty hired
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Rush to get HPCC
Limited time to investigate, plan, purchase, and
understand pros/cons.
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Cluster Specifications
 142 compute nodes
• Dell PowerEdge R410
• 2 - 2.6GHz Intel Xeon
5550 CPU (4 cores/8
threads)
• 24GB RAM
 1 LSF master & 1 IO server
• Dell PowerEdge R710
 DDR Infiniband
• 2 – 2.26GHz Intel Xeon  80 TB dedicated storage
5520 (4 cores/8 threads)  LSF 7.0.4
• 24GB RAM
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Cluster Operational Team
• Director of Research Cyberinfrastructure
• Cluster System Administrator
• Cyberinfrastructure (CI) Facilitators
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Facilitators
• Each participating discipline has a CI Facilitator
– Different reporting / funding lines
• CI Facilitators help faculty, researchers and
graduate students learn how to use the cluster,
compile code, access apps, etc.
• Once users have the basics, they are able to
modify their run jobs as needed
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UWM Faculty Views
• Benefits of facilitators
• Advantages of a campus-wide HPCC
• Research benefits
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Benefits of Facilitators
• Help research groups
– Use cluster
– Compiling software
– Issues
• Dedicated contact
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Benefits of Facilitators
Video available at:
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/web/uits/cyberinfrastructure/Avi Cluster Researcher Videos/Video1.mov
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/web/uits/cyberinfrastructure/Avi Cluster Researcher Videos/Video1.mwv
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Advantages of Campus-Wide
HPCC
• Research
– Focus on research
– Non-traditional users
• Computing Resources
– More resources
– Mid range environment
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Advantages of Campus-Wide
HPCC
Video available at:
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/web/uits/cyberinfrastructure/Avi Cluster Researcher Videos/Video2.mov
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/web/uits/cyberinfrastructure/Avi Cluster Researcher Videos/Video2.mwv
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Research Benefits
• CI Facilitator with research focus
• Allow for larger and multiple jobs
• Ability to do previously unfeasible research
• Non-traditional disciplines usage
• Faculty/department benefits
– Grants
– Recruiting faculty
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Research Benefits
Video available at:
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/web/uits/cyberinfrastructure/Avi Cluster Researcher Videos/Video3.mov
https://pantherfile.uwm.edu/web/uits/cyberinfrastructure/Avi Cluster Researcher Videos/Video3.mwv
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Questions??
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