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This is a convention I went to from April 16<sup>th</sup>-19<sup>th</sup>, 2007. | This is a convention I went to from April 16<sup>th</sup>-19<sup>th</sup>, 2007. | ||
| + | It was held at the [[Manchester Grand Hyatt]] in San Diego, California. I also stayed in the Hyatt during this convention. | ||
==Talks== | ==Talks== | ||
===IP Storage Protocols: iSCSI=== | ===IP Storage Protocols: iSCSI=== | ||
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*** Everything can be done in software | *** Everything can be done in software | ||
| − | * Spoke with [[Todd Burkey]] of Xiotech, who works with storage communications over InfiniBand. | + | * Spoke with [[Todd Burkey]] of [[Xiotech]], who works with storage communications over InfiniBand. |
| + | ===Storage Grid: Relevance and Overview=== | ||
| + | Abbot Schindler, Hewlett Packard | ||
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| + | * FAN - File Area Network | ||
| + | ===PCI Express, Infiniband, and Storage=== | ||
| + | Ron Emerick, Sun Microsystems | ||
| + | Paul Millard, Xyratex | ||
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| + | * Fibrechannel over Ethernet | ||
| + | * PCIe - External connections | ||
| + | * PCIe IOV - IO Virtualization | ||
| + | ===The Infiniband Revolution=== | ||
| + | Full Title: The InfiniBand Revolution: Parallel Computing is Out-Screaming High-Performance Clusters are in | ||
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| + | Lloyd Dickman, Qlogic | ||
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| + | Open Fabrics Alliance - working to bring about single fabric | ||
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| + | Check out compute cluster IB Storage - Direct connect IB to storage, thus bypassing IO servers | ||
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| + | IB Optical transcievers - 100m Length | ||
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| + | QSFP pluggable modules - next generation | ||
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| + | FC latency - 20µsec | ||
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| + | Look up things on ISER technology - There appears to be nothing covering it at this conference. | ||
| + | ===36 Gigaflops to 18 Teraflops in 30 days=== | ||
| + | Full title: 36 Gigaflops to 18 Teraflops in 30 days: Implementation of the Fastest Academic Supercomputer in the United Kingdom | ||
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| + | [[Paul Calleja]], University of Cambridge | ||
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| + | Cambridge used MOAB for their scheduling software. | ||
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| + | Exludus - prefetches data to local storage for use | ||
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| + | Had many problems with 10gbit ethernet cards - eventually settled on Chelsio cards after much testing. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:10, 19 April 2008
For the 2008 convention, check my blog.
This is a convention I went to from April 16th-19th, 2007.
It was held at the Manchester Grand Hyatt in San Diego, California. I also stayed in the Hyatt during this convention.
Contents
Talks
IP Storage Protocols: iSCSI
John Hufferd, Brocade Inc.
- PDU - Protocol Data Unit
- TOE - TCP/IP Over Ethernet
- iSNS - Internet Storage Network Server
- iSCSI Boot
- Static
- Bios must support it
- May be an adapter
- DHCP
- More flexible
- PXE Boot
- Everything can be done in software
- Static
- Spoke with Todd Burkey of Xiotech, who works with storage communications over InfiniBand.
Storage Grid: Relevance and Overview
Abbot Schindler, Hewlett Packard
- FAN - File Area Network
PCI Express, Infiniband, and Storage
Ron Emerick, Sun Microsystems Paul Millard, Xyratex
- Fibrechannel over Ethernet
- PCIe - External connections
- PCIe IOV - IO Virtualization
The Infiniband Revolution
Full Title: The InfiniBand Revolution: Parallel Computing is Out-Screaming High-Performance Clusters are in
Lloyd Dickman, Qlogic
Open Fabrics Alliance - working to bring about single fabric
Check out compute cluster IB Storage - Direct connect IB to storage, thus bypassing IO servers
IB Optical transcievers - 100m Length
QSFP pluggable modules - next generation
FC latency - 20µsec
Look up things on ISER technology - There appears to be nothing covering it at this conference.
36 Gigaflops to 18 Teraflops in 30 days
Full title: 36 Gigaflops to 18 Teraflops in 30 days: Implementation of the Fastest Academic Supercomputer in the United Kingdom
Paul Calleja, University of Cambridge
Cambridge used MOAB for their scheduling software.
Exludus - prefetches data to local storage for use
Had many problems with 10gbit ethernet cards - eventually settled on Chelsio cards after much testing.
