The hardware/software organization/structure in a data center/supercomputer.

• typical I/O systems used in HPC environments
• different types of media (e.g. tape, disk, and SSD)
• the differentiation between standard file systems and distributed file systems
• when to use local and global storage

• K1.3.1-B Overview
• K1.3.2-B I/O Layers
• K1.3.3-B Data Reduction Techniques
• K1.3.4-B Data Management
• K1.3.5-B Access Pattern