HighPerformance Computing at WSU Beo Shock 1 Beo

High-Performance Computing at WSU: Beo. Shock 1

Beo. Shock new HPC Cluster to benefit researchers and instructors Wichita State has a new high-performance computing cluster. This will help researchers, instructors and staff who have computeintensive jobs to process. The new HPC cluster is named “Beo. Shock” after “Beowulf” cluster and Shockers. Beowulf is a type of computing cluster. The new cluster has two large GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) and nearly 700 CPU (Central Processing Unit) “cores. ” As a comparison, most end-user computing devices have one CPU having between one and eight total “cores. ” The cluster is available to all WSU constituents, and also those outside of WSU who are KBOR constituents. It is jointly administered between WSU, Kan. REN (Kansas Research and Education Network), and Kansas State. 2

Financial Support College of Engineering Fairmount College of Liberal Arts and Sciences W. Frank Barton School of Business Office of Research Academic Affairs 3

Where to Start? https: //www. wichita. edu/services/hpc/index. p hp: Information Website. Let’s take a tour. Contact HPCAdmin@wichita. edu New User Sign-up at: https: //wichita. teamdynamix. com/TDClient/19 07/Portal/Requests/Service. Det? ID=41427 4

Getting Started hpchelp@kanren. net : Contact for system administrator who can assist with your computing needs. https: //docs. hpc. wichita. edu: Wiki for Beo. Shock HPC with technical documentation. http: //ondemand. hpc. wichita. edu: Remote work is possible using a graphical interface to Beo. Shock. I will demonstrate now. 5

Early Success First Users Meeting on Feb. 21, 2020. The training session on Friday, April 24, 2020 given by Kyle Hutson had 63 participants. There are 97 user accounts. 6

Some other External HPC Resource Beocat is a High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster at Kansas State University run by the Institute for Computational Research. Account signup: https: //beocat. ksu. edu 7

Some other External HPC Resource The Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) is a single virtual system that scientists can use to interactively share computing resources, data and expertise. Obtain an account at https: //portal. xsede. org. Send Terrance Figy (XSEDE Campus Champion for WSU) an email to obtain access to Campus Champion allocation. 8