1. Ben Rogers August 18, 2016 1

2.  High Performance Computing  Data Storage  Hadoop Pilot  Secure Remote Desktop  Training Opportunities  Grant Collaboration  Consultation 2

3.  On Campus Systems ◦ Helium Cluster – Scheduled Retirement July 2016  3800 Processor Cores, 24-144GB Memory ◦ Neon Cluster – Built Fall 2013  4200 Processor Cores, 64-512GB Memory, Accelerators ◦ Argon Cluster – Purchasing now, target Winter  Open to all faculty and students with faculty sponsorship  Can be used for classes if appropriate  Software – R, Matlab, Intel Compilers, MPI… 3

4.  National Systems ◦ Xsede ◦ Blue Waters  Larger scale than local systems  Accounts for testing relatively easy to obtain  Computing allocations done by peer reviewed proposal process  May be available for teaching  ITS-RS can help connect you, find the right resources, and with input on proposals 4

5.  Research Data Storage Service (RDSS) ◦ 5TB of Network File Space at No Cost ◦ Available to all requesting faculty  Large Scale Storage Service (LSS) ◦ $40/TB/Year/Copy of Data ◦ Network File Space ◦ Available on desktop and HPC systems  OneDrive ◦ 1TB of Cloud Storage ◦ Can share via URLs 5

6.  40TB Pilot Environment  Available to all who wish to test it and are willing to provide feedback  Will help us determine if we should have on campus Hadoop resources 6

7.  Locked down Windows Virtual Machine  Designed for analysis of small to moderate size data sets with strict compliance requirements  Currently in final prototyping with project partners 7

8.  Current Short Courses ◦ Intro to HPC ◦ MPI ◦ OpenACC ◦ Big Data ◦ Science Visualization ◦ HPC Summer School  Short courses expanding ◦ Additional opportunities in areas such as R, Python, and GIS ◦ Interested in attending or teaching let me know! 8

9.  Help you find the right tech on campus or the right place to get the tech/expertise you need  Grants ◦ Collaboration ◦ Letters of support ◦ Facilities/resource information 9

10. ◦ Ben Rogers - Director of Research Services  ben-rogers@uiowa.edu ben-rogers@uiowa.edu ◦ Primary Research Services Support Email  Hpc-sysadmins@iowa.uiowa.edu Hpc-sysadmins@iowa.uiowa.edu ◦ Main ITS Website  http://its.uiowa.edu/ http://its.uiowa.edu/ ◦ HPC Website  http://hpc.uiowa.edu http://hpc.uiowa.edu ◦ Informatics Website  http://informatics.uiowa.edu http://informatics.uiowa.edu 10