Thank you. On May 21, 2013, at 11:19 , Aaron Peeler <[email protected]> wrote:
> There's currently not a description on how to do this. > > The HPC run here at NCSU uses LSF and is static. It's static mainly > because our researchers consume everything and the jobs are usually > quite long > 2weeks on average. > > We do (where) feasible migrate VCL blades to HPC mode during breaks, > but this is usually for the summer. This is done somewhat by using the > 'hpc' project listed in the VCL database, by starting a reload of the > blade with a HPC compute node image. Which triggers a reload by xCAT > and sets a predifined VLAN in one of the blade center's Ethernet > Switch module to use the HPC vlan as the primary vlan id. > > There are some folks are using VCL to build short term clusters for > such things. This is done using the clustering in the manage images > edit image profiles tool. I think UTEP is doing this today in their > VCL instance/cluster. Several researchers here at NCSU also use the > image cluster feature to do this, mainly for running hadoop. > > Also Andy K. might be able to elaborate more, but I think with his > work on the Configuration management piece could better orchestrate > adding and removing nodes from a compute pool. > > Aaron > > > > On Fri, May 17, 2013 at 3:32 PM, Dmitri Chebotarov <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi >> Is there a manual which describes how make HPC reservations with VCL ? >> I see that code/database mentions 'hpc' and 'vclhpc' projects and would like >> to get more info on the subj if possible. >> >> -- >> Thank you, >> >> Dmitri Chebotarov >> VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & >> Messaging >> 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5 >> Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404 >> >> >> > > > > -- > Aaron Peeler > Program Manager > Virtual Computing Lab > NC State University > > All electronic mail messages in connection with State business which > are sent to or received by this account are subject to the NC Public > Records Law and may be disclosed to third parties. > -- Thank you, Dmitri Chebotarov VCL Sys Eng, Engineering & Architectural Support, TSD - Ent Servers & Messaging 223 Aquia Building, Ffx, MSN: 1B5 Phone: (703) 993-6175 | Fax: (703) 993-3404
