Introduction to Composable Resources on ACES and FASTER

Overview

Instructor: Josh Winchell

Time: Tuesday, September 19, 2023 — 10:00AM-12:30PM CT

Location: Online using Zoom

Prerequisites: Current ACCESS ID, Basic Linux/Unix skills

Introduction to research computing on the composable ACES and FASTER clusters. Topics covered include hardware, access, policies, file systems, and batch processing.

Remote Attendee Registration

Course Materials

The presentation slides are available as downloadable PDF files.

Introduction to FASTER/ACES (Spring 2023): PDF

Introduction to FASTER/ACES (Fall 2022): PDF

Agenda

We will cover the following topics:

Overview of Composable Technology
ACES cluster
FASTER cluster
Advanced Accelerators

See: https://hprc.tamu.edu/aces/ and https://hprc.tamu.edu/faster/

Note: During the class session many aspects of the material will be illustrated via a live login to an HPRC system. Attendees need to register for an account and complete the exercises on their own laptops during the session. Instructions to apply are included in the registration form.