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# K1.1-B System Architectures | # K1.1-B System Architectures | ||
# Background | # Background | ||
- | # Ai | + | |
- | * To provide knowledge about the hardware components of an HPC cluster | + | An HPC cluster |
- | m | + | The servers are called nodes. |
- | # Outcomes | + | HPC clusters use batch systems for running compute jobs. |
+ | Interactive access is usually limited to a few nodes. | ||
+ | A typical cluster contains of these parts: | ||
* various system-, hardware-, and I/ | * various system-, hardware-, and I/ | ||
* physical hardware; chassis/ | * physical hardware; chassis/ | ||
* typical architecture of cluster systems consisting of nodes with different roles (e.g. so-called head, management, login, compute, interactive, | * typical architecture of cluster systems consisting of nodes with different roles (e.g. so-called head, management, login, compute, interactive, | ||
- | * Comprehend there are nodes with several functions | + | Which are functioning as: |
- | * **Login or gateway nodes** where you are on after logging into the cluster and where you can work interactively | + | |
+ | * **Login or gateway nodes** where you are on after logging into the cluster and where you can work interactively | ||
* **Compute nodes** that are the workhorses of a cluster | * **Compute nodes** that are the workhorses of a cluster | ||
* **Admin or system nodes** that work in the background necessary for the operation of the cluster, e.g. for running the batch service, or starting and shutting down compute nodes | * **Admin or system nodes** that work in the background necessary for the operation of the cluster, e.g. for running the batch service, or starting and shutting down compute nodes | ||
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* **Special nodes** e.g. for data movement, visualization, | * **Special nodes** e.g. for data movement, visualization, | ||
* **Head nodes** which can mean login or admin nodes used for management either by a user or an administrator | * **Head nodes** which can mean login or admin nodes used for management either by a user or an administrator | ||
- | | + | # Aim |
+ | * To provide knowledge about the hardware components of an HPC cluster and their functions. | ||
+ | |||
+ | # Outcomes | ||
+ | |||
+ | * Comprehend there are nodes with several functions | ||
+ | | ||
* Comprehend that global file systems are available on all nodes of the cluster and are convenient because their files can be accessed directly on all nodes | * Comprehend that global file systems are available on all nodes of the cluster and are convenient because their files can be accessed directly on all nodes | ||
* Quantitatively, | * Quantitatively, | ||
* Qualitatively, | * Qualitatively, | ||
* Comprehend the two purposes of the communication network | * Comprehend the two purposes of the communication network | ||
- | * enabling | + | * Enabling |
- | * providing | + | * Providing |
# Subskills | # Subskills | ||
* [[skill-tree: | * [[skill-tree: |
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