SPANISH SUPERCOMPUTING NETWORK

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1 SPANISH SUPERCOMPUTING NETWORK RESOURCES AND ACCESS Marta Renato RES Officer

2 RES: HPC Services for Spain The RES was created in It is coordinated by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC-CNS). It forms part of the Spanish Map of Unique Scientific and Technical Infrastructures (ICTS).

3 RES: HPC Services for Spain RES is made up of 12 institutions and 13 supercomputers. MareNostrum 4 MinoTauro FinisTerrae2 Tirant3 Altamira2+ Magerit Cibeles LaPalma2 Picasso Lusitania2 Caesar Augusta Calendula Pirineus Tflops

4 RES supercomputers BSC (MareNostrum 4) cores, Tflops Main processors: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Platinum TB Disk: 19 PB UPM (Magerit II) Main processors : Disk: 3920 cores, 103 Tflops IBM Power7 3.3 GHz 7840 GB 1728 TB UMA (Picasso) 4016 cores, 74Tflops Main processors: Intel SandyBridge-EP E GB Disk: 720 TB UV (Tirant 3) 5376 cores, 111,8 Tflops Main processors: Intel SandyBridge-EP E GB Disk: TB CSUC (Pirineus) Main processors: Disk: CénitS (Lusitania 2) Main processors Disk: 1344 cores, 14,3 Tflops Intel Xeon X7542 with 6 cores GB 112 TB 420 cores, 34,89 Tflops Intel Sandybridge Xeon 10 GB 328 TB

5 RES supercomputers BSC (MinoTauro) Main processor: 1300 cores, 339 Tflops 39x 2 Intel Xeon E v3, 61x 2 Intel Xeon E TB CESGA (FinisTerrae 2) 7712 cores, 328,3Tflops Main processor: Intel Xeon E5-2680v3 40 TB Disk: 960 TB UC (Altamira 2+) Main processor: UZ (Caesaraugusta) Main processor: FCSCL (Caléndula) Main processor: Disk: UAM (Cibeles) Main processor: Disk: IAC (LaPalma) Main processor: Disk: 5120cores, 105 Tflops Intel SandyBridge 15,4 TB 3072 cores, 25.8 Tflops AMD Opteron 6272, 2.1 GHz (Interlagos) 256 GB RAM memory 2800 cores, 21,12 Tflops IntelE GB 6 TB 4480 cores, 105 Tflops Intel SandyBridge 8960 GB 300 TB 4032 cores, 83,85 Tflops Intel SandyBrigde 8064 GB 60 TB

6 RES: HPC Services for Spain Objective: manage high performance computing technologies to promote the progress of excellent science and innovation in Spain. It offers HPC services for non-profit R&D purposes. Since 2006, it has granted more than 900 Million CPU hours to 2,288 research activities. Research areas Hours granted per area AECT BCV 30% 23% Mathematics, physics and engineering Astronomy, space and earth sciences FI QCM 19% 28% Life and health sciences Chemistry and materials sciences

7 Hours x 1000 Resources granted ( ) Requested hours Awarded hours (A+B)

8 Hours x 1000 Resources granted ( ) MN Requested hours Awarded hours (A+B)

9 MareNostrum 4 Total peak performance 13,7 Pflops/s 12 times more powerful than MareNostrum 3 RES users: 60 million CPU hours per quarter General-purpose element: > 11 Pflops/s > 3,400 nodes next generation Intel Xeon Processors Three systems of emerging technologies for evaluation of 2020 exascale systems.

10 MareNostrum 3 distribution MareNostrum 3 racks have been distributed among RES nodes

11 How to apply? RES resources are open to researchers and spin-offs: o o Computing time: CPU hours Technical support: application analysis, porting of applications, search for the best algorithm to improve performance and ensure the most effective use of HPC resources. Three open competitive calls per year. Period Deadline for applications Starting date P1 January 1 st March P2 May 1 st July P3 September 1 st November Next deadline: 13 September 2017

12 How to apply? RES intranet: Researchers present a proposal which includes research project description, technical requirements and research group experience. Accepted proposals have access to RES supercomputers for 4 months. Granted time can be: hours with priority (hours A) or without priority (hours B)

13 Proposal evaluation Application Technical experts panel Members appointed by RES nodes Scientific experts panel Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences Life and Health Sciences Mathematics, Physics and Engineering Chemistry and Materials Science and Technology o Technical appropriateness to HPC architecture (10%) o Scientific interest (20%) o Relevance of calculations in the research project (30%) o Scientific credentials and experience in HPC (20%) o Supercomputation needs (20%)

14 Proposal evaluation Application Technical experts panel Members appointed by RES nodes Scientific experts panel Astronomy, Space and Earth Sciences Life and Health Sciences Mathematics, Physics and Engineering Chemistry and Materials Science and Technology Access Committee Final report of accepted activities

15 Activity length

16 RES Users Committee CURES aims to provide advice and feedback to RES coordinators: o Promotes optimal use of high performance computing facilities o Shares information about users experiences o Voices user concerns You can contact CURES through RES intranet:

17 RES events: scientific seminars The RES promotes scientific seminars which address supercomputing technology applications in specific scientific areas. These events are mainly organized by RES users and are open to the entire research community. Sep 27 Servicios marinos y supercomputación: experiencias y retos futuros Santiago de Compostela Call for proposals

18 RES events: technical training These workshops are organized by the RES nodes and aim to provide the knowledge and skills needed to use and manage the supercomputing facilities. PATC Courses: BSC is a PRACE Advanced Training Centre

19 RES events: RES Users Meeting 28 September Santiago de Compostela The agenda includes: Information about RES and PRACE Parallel scientific sessions Workshop about AI Evening social event Registration closes the 21 st of September

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