[san-tech][03583] NCSA Blue Waters deploys Redundant Arrays of Independent Tapes (RAIT)

Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 16:03:02 +0900
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2012年 4月 16日～18日に開催された HPC User Forumの資料を見ていて気付いた
のですが、NCSA Blue Watersのテープシステム (Spectra Logic T-Finity Libraries
380 raw petabytes (PB)) では、Redundant Arrays of Independent Tapes (RAIT)
が採用されています。

"Blue Waters"
 Merle Giles, NCSA Business & Economic Development
 HPC User Forum - Richmond VA - April 2012
  http://www.hpcuserforum.com/presentations/richmond2012/GilesRichmondVApdf.pdf

RAIT (Page 12)
*)Multiple data classes depending on file size to take advantage of tape
  writing strategies
    4+1, 7+2, 10+2, etc
    Trade off latency vs performance - Depends on the size of the data
*)Multiple levels of RAIT part of the requirements
    ....
Blue Waters Project
  http://www.ncsa.illinois.edu/BlueWaters/

[san-tech][03582] Slide: LRZ SuperMUC at Workshop: Toward Green Computing Centers (2012/06/28), TERATEC Forum 2012

Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2012 11:32:48 +0900
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2012/07/27
"How many DRAMs does it take to populate a supercomputer?
 746,496 plus a lot of hot water for cooling"
 July 25, 2012, Denali Memory Report
  http://denalimemoryreport.com/2012/07/25/how-many-drams-does-it-take-to-populate-a-supercomputer-746496-plus-a-lot-of-hot-water-for-cooling/

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2012年 6月の TOP500で 4位 (インテル互換系システムとして最速) となった、
Leibniz-Rechenzentrum (LRZ) SuperMUCの講演資料です。
SuperMUCは IBM System x iDataPlexによる温水冷却システムです；

"Energy-efficient High Performance Computing with SuperMUC"
 Arndt BODE, Director
 Leibniz-Supercomputer Center of the Bavarian Academy of Sciences LRZ
 June 28, 2012
 Toward Green Computing Centers, Workshop at TERATEC Forum 2012
  http://www.teratec.eu/library/pdf/forum/2012/presentations/A4_01_FTeratec_2012_Bode.pdf

SuperMUC Petascale System
  http://www.lrz.de/services/compute/supermuc/

[san-tech][03578] Slide: International Workshop on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers (ROSS 2012), (2012/06/29)

Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 14:43:18 +0900
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HPC関係の少し特殊なワークショップですが、気になる発表もあるので紹介します。

International Workshop on
Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers (ROSS 2012)
Held in conjunction with ICS 2012, Venice, Italy, June 29, 2012
  http://www.unixer.de/ross2012/index.html

Scope
"The complexity of node architectures in supercomputers increases
 as we cross petaflop milestones on the way towards Exascale.
 Increasing levels of parallelism in multi- and many-core chips and
 emerging heterogeneity of computational resources coupled with energy
 and memory constraints force a reevaluation of our approaches towards
 operating systems and runtime environments. The International Workshop
 on Runtime and Operating Systems for Supercomputers provides a forum
 for researchers to exchange ideas and discuss research questions that
 are relevant to upcoming supercomputers."

[san-tech][03577] Slide/Video: Velocity 2012 - O'Reilly Conferences (2012/06/25 -27)

Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2012 19:21:30 +0900
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2012年 6月 25日～27日に開催された

O'Reilly Velocity 2012
Web Performance & Operations Conference, June 25 - 27, 2012
  http://velocityconf.com/velocity2012/

の Slide/Videoが公開されています：
Velocity 2012 Speaker Slides & Video
  http://velocityconf.com/velocity2012/public/schedule/proceedings
*)Web Performance
*)Operations
*)Velocity Culture
*)Mobile Performance
*)Sponsored

Velocity 2012 Schedule
  http://velocityconf.com/velocity2012/public/schedule/grid/public-grid


YouTube List:
Velocity US 2012, O'Reilly
  http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL80D9129677893FD8
O'Reilly Channel
  http://www.youtube.com/user/OreillyMedia

[san-tech][03572] Slide: 2012 Red Hat Summit and JBossWord (June 26-29, 2012)

Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2012 05:16:48 +0900
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2012年 6月 26日～29日に開催された

2012 Red Hat Summit and JBossWord, June 26-29, 2012
  http://www.redhat.com/summit/
Agenda
  http://www.redhat.com/summit/agenda/

の Slideが公開されています：
Presentations
  http://www.redhat.com/summit/2012/presentations/

[san-tech][03569] Re:”1平方インチあたり5テラビットとなるHDDの要素技術を開発”, NEDO & 東北大学

Date: Fri, 22 Jun 2012 19:08:54 +0900
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平成 24年 5月 29日に開催された、文部科学省　情報科学委員会 (第 76回) での
本プロジェクト関連配付資料が公開されました (6月 22日)


情報科学技術委員会（第76回）　配付資料
  http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/shingi/gijyutu/gijyutu2/006/shiryo/1322302.htm

配付資料
資料2　「高機能・超低消費電力コンピューティングのためのデバイス・システム基盤」最終成果報告
プロジェクトリーダー
村岡裕明・大野英男、東北大学電気通信研究所
  http://www.mext.go.jp/b_menu/shingi/gijyutu/gijyutu2/006/shiryo/__icsFiles/afieldfile/2012/06/20/1322302_02.pdf

[san-tech][03568] Paper: 2012 USENIX Federated Conferences Week (June 12 - 15, 2012)

Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2012 09:50:19 +0900
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2012年 6月 12日～15日に開催された USENIX Federated Conferences Weekの
Paper (一部 Slide) が公開されています：

2012 USENIX Federated Conferences Week, June 12 - 15, 2012
  https://www.usenix.org/conference/fcw12

Federated Conferences Weekは複数のワークショップ等から成り立ちます。
Paper等が開催されているのは、例えば

USENIX Annual Technical Conference 2012 (ATC '12)
  https://www.usenix.org/conference/atc12
USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Storage and File Systems (HotStorage '12)
  https://www.usenix.org/conference/hotstorage12
USENIX Workshop on Hot Topics in Cloud Computing (HotCloud '12)
  https://www.usenix.org/conference/hotcloud12

Update (2012/06/19): [Links]: Intel Xeon Phi/Many Integrated Core (MIC) Related Web Page

[Links]: Intel Xeon Phi/Many Integrated Core (MIC) Related Web Page 

[san-tech][03567] Slide/Video: HPC Advisory Council European Conference 2012, (June 17, 2012)

Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 08:36:41 +0900
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2012年 6月 17日に開催された

HPC Advisory Council European Conference 2012
  http://hpcadvisorycouncil.com/events/2012/European-Workshop/index.php

の Slideが公開されています。

The agenda for the conference
  http://hpcadvisorycouncil.com/events/2012/European-Workshop/agenda.php
※以下に公開されているものをリストします。

[san-tech][03566] "Storage and Network Convergence Using FCoE and iSCSI"& "IBM System Blue Gene Solution: Blue Gene/Q System Administration", IBM Redbooks, 2012/06/13

Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2012 10:52:53 +0900
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やっと以下の IBM Redbookが正式版となりました：

"Storage and Network Convergence Using FCoE and iSCSI"
 Published Date: 2012/06/13
  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247986.html
  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247986.pdf

"IBM System Blue Gene Solution: Blue Gene/Q System Administration"
 Published Date: 2012/06/13
  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/Redbooks.nsf/RedbookAbstracts/sg247869.html
  http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/redbooks/pdfs/sg247869.pdf

[Links] Intel Ethernet Switch Silicon

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2012/09/14
"Intel shows off Seacliff Trail SDN-enabled switch"
 12th September 2012, The Register
  http://www.theregister.co.uk/2012/09/12/intel_seacliff_trail_sdn_switch/
  http://regmedia.co.uk/2012/09/12/intel_sdn_seacliff_switch.jpg
...
  "The FM6764 ASIC supports OpenFlow 1.0 control protocols and VXLAN,
   the extended LAN virtualization protocol espoused by VMware that puts
   a Layer 2 overlay on top of Layer 3 networks so virtual network links
   don't break as virtual machines flit across data centers. The Fulcrum chip
   also supports the NVGRE alternative that Microsoft, Intel, Dell, and
   Hewlett-Packard have offered."

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2012/09/12
"Intel Demonstrates Complete SDN Solution at IDF"
 2012/09/10, Gary Lee : Wired Ethernet
  http://communities.intel.com/community/wired/blog/2012/09/10/intel-demonstrates-complete-sdn-solution-at-idf
...
  "... our new SDN-enabled Intel Ethernet FM6764 switch silicon first hand in
   a top of rack switch reference design code named Seacliff Trail."

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2012/09/05
"How Intel Supports the Network within a Network"
 2012/08/28, Gary Lee : Wired Ethernet
  http://communities.intel.com/community/wired/blog/2012/08/28/how-intel-supports-the-network-within-a-network

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2012/06/14
Intel Ethernet Products, Ethernet Controllers, Switch Silicon,
Converged Network and Server Adapters
  http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ethernet-controllers/ethernet-products.html

Intel Ethernet Switch Silicon
  http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/switch-silicon/switch-silicon-ethernet-switch.html
Intel Ethernet Switch Silicon FM6000
   http://www.intel.com/content/www/jp/ja/switch-silicon/switch-silicon-ethernet-switch-fm6000.html
Intel Ethernet Switch FM7000 Family
  http://www.intel.com/content/www/jp/ja/switch-silicon/switch-silicon-ethernet-switch-fm7000.html

"Intel Ethernet Switch FM6000: SDN with OpenFlow"
 White Paper
  http://www.intel.co.jp/content/www/us/en/switch-silicon/ethernet-switch-fm6000-sdn-paper.html
"The Intel FM7000 Ethernet switch builds upon the FM6000 features
 to not only support SDN, but also several advanced tunneling protocols."


Wired Ethernet Community, Intel
  http://intelopenport.hosted.jivesoftware.com/community/wired
"How Intel Delivers Low Latency Ethernet Switching",
 2012/05/22, Gary Lee, Wired Ethernet Blog
  http://intelopenport.hosted.jivesoftware.com/community/wired/blog/2012/05/22/how-intel-delivers-low-latency-ethernet-switching
"New Ethernet Switch Software Unleashes Innovative Features",
 2012/06/05, Recep Ozdag, Wired Ethernet Blog
  http://communities.intel.com/community/wired/blog/2012/06/05/new-ethernet-switch-software-unleashes-innovative-features
"Intel is Taking Software-Defined Networking to Interop Tokyo",
 2012/06/13, Recep Ozdag, Wired Ethernet Blog
  http://communities.intel.com/community/wired/blog/2012/06/13/intel-is-taking-software-defined-networking-to-interop-tokyo
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[san-tech][03472] Intel Ethernet Controller x540 related URLs

  Date: Thu, 08 Mar 2012 20:17:23 +0900

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[san-tech][03489] ASHRAE Whitepaper - Liquid Cooling Guidelines （2011/09）

  Date: Sun, 25 Mar 2012 09:20:42 +0900 (2012/03/25)
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[san-tech][03337] IBM: NCSA Blue Waters Cancellation, Aug. 8, 2011, Effective August 6, 2011

  Date: Tue, 09 Aug 2011 03:39:33 +0900 (2011/08/09)

[san-tech][02562] Slide: KVM Forum 2010 (2010/08/08, 09), Google Ganeti & Conviture ConVirt 2.0
  Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2010 20:03:24 +0900 (2011/06/12)

[san-tech][01496] CRAY Research, Solid-State Storage Device (SSD)
  Date: Mon, 16 Feb 2009 01:12:17 +0900 (2012/04/18)

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[san-tech][03564] "Open-Silicon Announces Industry’s First Hybrid Memory Cube Controller IP", June 4, 2012

Date: Tue, 05 Jun 2012 03:39:56 +0900
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Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) に関して Micron Technology, Inc.と提携した
Open-Silicon, Inc.からのプレスリリースです：

"Open-Silicon Announces Industry’s First Hybrid Memory Cube Controller IP"
 Enabling Next-Generation Memory System Design for High-Performance Computing,
 Networking and Test & Measurement Applications
 June 4, 2012
  http://www.open-silicon.com/company/news-events/press-releases/open-silicon-announces-industry%E2%80%99s-first-hybrid-memory-cube-controller-ip/

  "... announced today the industry's first Hybrid Memory Cube (HMC) controller
   IP core - the industry's highest-performance and most flexible solution
   for integrating the many benefits of HMC technology into next-generation
   systems. ..."

[san-tech][03563] Slide: Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP) 2012, (21-25 May 2012)

Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 21:48:50 +0900
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こちらも特殊なワークショップですが、2012年 5月 21日～25日に開催された：

Computing in High Energy and Nuclear Physics (CHEP) 2012, 21-25 May 2012
  http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?ovw=True&confId=149557

の Slideが公開されています。

[san-tech][03562] Slide: HEPiX Spring 2012 Workshop (23-27 April 2012)

Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2012 20:47:38 +0900
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少し特別なワークショップですが、4月 23日～27日に開催された

HEPiX Spring 2012 Workshop, 23-27 April 2012
  http://indico.cern.ch/conferenceDisplay.py?confId=160737

の Slideが公開されています。

"HEPiX meetings bring together IT system support engineers from
 the High Energy Physics (HEP) laboratories, institutes, and universities,
 such as BNL, CERN, DESY, FNAL, IN2P3, INFN, JLAB, NIKHEF, RAL, SLAC,
 TRIUMF and others."

CERN等、リアルに大規模データを管理しているサイトからの報告があります。

[san-tech][03561] Paper/Slide/Video: NSDI '12: 9th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation (April 25 -27, 2012)

Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 21:35:50 +0900
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2012年 4月 25日～27日に開催された

NSDI '12: 9th USENIX Symposium on Networked Systems Design and Implementation
 April 25 -27, 2012
  https://www.usenix.org/conference/nsdi12

の Paper/Slide/Videoが公開されています：

[san-tech][03560] Slide: ScicomP 2012 (May 14-18, 2012), The IBM HPC Systems Scientific Computing User Group

Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 08:21:46 +0900
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2012/07/09

"Challenges of Exascale Messaging Library Design: Case Study with Blue Gene Machines"
 Sameer Kumar, IBM TJ Watson Research Center
 Keynote address
 The 2nd Workshop on Communication Architecture for Scalable Systems
 26th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium
 21 May 2012
  http://www.ccs3.lanl.gov/cass2012/talks/kumar.pdf

The 2nd Workshop on Communication Architecture for Scalable Systems
26th IEEE International Parallel and Distributed Processing Symposium
 21 May 2012
  http://www.ccs3.lanl.gov/cass2012/


"Blue Gene/Q: Architecture, Co-Design, and the Road to Exascale"
 Dr. Robert Wisniewski (IBM Research)
 Keynote
 Third Workshop on Computer Architecture and Operating System Co-design
 7th ACM International Conference on High-Performance Embedded Architectures
 and Compilers
 Jan 25th, 2012
  http://projects.csail.mit.edu/caos/2012-01-25-caos-bgq-v1-ed.pdf

Third Workshop on Computer Architecture and Operating System Co-design
7th ACM International Conference on High-Performance Embedded Architectures
and Compilers
 Jan 25th, 2012
  http://projects.csail.mit.edu/caos/


BG/L:  5.7TF/rack  210MF/W, 130nm ASIC (2004 GA)
BG/P: 13.9TF/rack  357MF/W,  90nm ASIC (2007 GA)
BG/Q:  209TF/rack 2000MF/W,  45nm ASIC (Early 2012 GA)

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2012年 5月 14日～18日に開催された

ScicomP, The IBM HPC Systems Scientific Computing User Group
 May 14-18, 2012
  http://spscicomp.org/wordpress/scicomp2012/

の Slideが公開されています (一部未だですが)。

[san-tech][03559] "Virident FlashMAX versus Texas Memory Systems RamSan-70", Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), Feb 2012

Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 07:12:45 +0900
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2012年 2月に公開された、Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) の
テクニカルレポートです：

"Virident FlashMAX versus Texas Memory Systems RamSan-70"
 February 14th, 2012
  http://user.cscs.ch/news/2012/02/14/virident-flashmax-versus-texas-memory-systems-ramsan-70/

"Comparison of PCIe SLC Flash cards - Virident FlashMAX and Texas Memory Systems RamSan-70"
 Hussein N. El-Harake and Thomas Schoenemeyer
 Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), Manno, Switzerland
 February 2012
  http://www.cscs.ch/fileadmin/user_upload/customers/cscs/Tech_Reports/Performance_Analysis_of_SSD_feb_2012_CSCS.pdf
※最新版ドライバでの追試公開は未だのようです。

[san-tech][03558] Slide: 16th Workshop on Distributed Supercomputing (SOS) 2012 (March 12-15, 2012) and 2012 Salishan (April 23-26, 2012)

Date: Sun, 03 Jun 2012 05:46:22 +0900
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HPC関連ですが、2012年 3月、4月に開催された伝統ある HPCワークショップの
資料が (一部) 公開されています。

SOS16 Workshop, March 12-15, 2012
Theme: Quantifying the Cost of Exascale
  http://www.cs.sandia.gov/Conferences/SOS16/

2012 Salishan Conference Conference on High-Speed Computing,
April 23-26, 2012
Theme: 2015 Petascale Systems: Next Steps
  http://www.lanl.gov/orgs/hpc/salishan/

[san-tech][03557] "EMC Acquires IT Performance Management Leader Watch4net", May 31, 2012

Date: Sat, 02 Jun 2012 02:33:17 +0900
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EMCのお買い物：

"EMC Acquires IT Performance Management Leader Watch4net"
 Combined Solution Enables Management of Performance and Availability
 Across Physical and Virtual Infrastructures
 May 31, 2012
  http://www.emc.com/about/news/press/2012/20120531-01.htm

News Summary:
  "EMC acquires performance management software expert Watch4Net Solutions
   Inc in an all-cash transaction."
  .....

Full Story:
  "... Watch4net, a privately-held provider of enterprise and carrier-class
   performance management software that provides real-time, historical
   and projected visibility into network, data center and cloud infrastructure
   performance. ...."