We’ve released v2.13.2 of our products – a release always gets us excited! Highlights of this release include memory and processor statistics in Mistral, new program specific MPI, Network and Directory views in Breeze and mmap operation counts in the files view. There are many other improvements
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In a shared environment such as an HPC cluster, it’s easy for users to ‘noisy neighbour’ each other and themselves. They can make mistakes that slow down everyone’s work or halt the system completely. System rules and best practices are usually developed with years of experience in
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I/O profiling is not just about improving performance. It is also about understanding I/O patterns so you can make the right choices about your storage infrastructure. Whether you have an on-prem system, a cloud system or a hybrid cloud system, understanding application I/O patterns and resource use
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The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) designs and operates some of the most powerful computing resources in the world. Their new supercomputer, known as Frontera, will be the fastest in any US university once it is up and running in 2019. As a result, the IT team
Read more →We recently attended a talk at the Texas Advanced Computing Centre (TACC) about Frontera, the centre’s next generation high performance computing (HPC) machine. Frontera will be operational in 2019 and will consume almost 6MW of power at its peak – the equivalent of 5,000 Texas homes or
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