Supercomputers for Linux SysAdmins : Managing Modern HPC Clusters and Supercomputers from Software to Hardware / by Sergey Zhumatiy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Zhumatiy, Sergey.

Series:

Professional and Applied Computing Series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Linux.

Operating systems (Computers).

Supercomputers.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2025.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, CA : Apress : Imprint: Apress, 2025.

Summary:

Supercomputers and High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters are not so exotic as people imagine these days. They give companies the power of computation like no one server can give alone. They make new drugs and materials discoveries, universe modeling and AI training, crash simulations and market research possible – all thanks to HPC clusters. Building or renting a HPC cluster is not so difficult either as cloud providers can give you resources to build one cheap and performative enough to use yourself, so If you are or want to become HPC cluster Sysadmin or manager, this book is for you. Supercomputers for Linux SysAdmins delves into the world of modern HPC cluster architecture, hardware, software and resources management using a Linux/UNIX based approach. The number of HPC clusters is growing with an estimated 30 billion by 2030 but there are not enough sysadmins to run and manage them, this book serves to bridge this gap to help more Sysadmins and managers to transition into the exiting world of HPCs. This book helps those with a strong foundational knowledge in Linux, to deal with supercomputers and HPC clusters. We start with the basic principles of supercomputer management, fundamentals of Linux and UNIX, Shell Scripting and systemd and well as other open source tools and frameworks, taking you thorough the security, monitoring and hardware requirements for supercomputers and HPC clusters. You Will Learn: How to plan new supercomputers The main principles and technologies used in supercomputers and HPC clusters How to set up the software environments on new supercomputers To set up supercomputer and HPC cluster resources and jobs management To manage accounts, resource sharing and many more.

Contents:

1: Introduction

2: What is "super"?

3: How to build and start it?

4: Supercomputer Hardware

Chapter 5: InfiniBand

6: How a supercomputer does the job

7: UNIX and Linux – the basics

8: UNIX and Linux – working techniques

Chapter 9: Network File Systems

Chapter 10: Remote Management

11: Users – Accounting, Management

12: Users – quotas, access rights

13: Job management systems

14: OpenPBS, Torque

15: Slurm

16: Containers

17: Clouds

18: Remote User Access

19: Cluster Status Monitoring Systems

20: Backup

21: Compilers and Environments, for Parallel Technologies

22: Parallel Computing Support Libraries

23. Booting and init

24: Node Setup, Software Installation

25: Out-of-the-box stacks and deployment systems

26: Cluster Management Systems – xCAT and others

27: Communicating with users

28: One-two-three instructions

29: Shell scripts – basics and common mistakes

30: Systemd – A Short Course

31. Conclusion

Glossary.

Notes:

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ISBN:

979-88-6881-600-0

OCLC:

1547905695