A Container for HPC
Working with containers in high-performance computing can be difficult; a new container named Singularity comes to the rescue.
Finding and Recording Memory Errors
Memory errors are a silent killer of high-performance computers, but you can find and track these stealthy assassins.
Getting the Most from Your Cores
CPU utilization metrics tell you how well your applications are using your processing resources.
How Persistent Memory Will Change Computing
Persistent memory is non-volatile data storage in DIMM format. Losing power means that you won't lose data. What is it, and how can you use it?
Parallel I/O
Understanding the I/O pattern of your application is the starting point for improving its I/O performance, especially if I/O is a fairly large part of your application’s run time.
Directive Coding
With directive coding, you annotate code with compiler directives to take advantage of parallelism or accelerators. The two primary standards are OpenACC and OpenMP.
New Release of Lmod Environment Modules System
Lmod is an indispensable tool for high-performance computing. With the new release of version 6, now is a good time to review Lmod and look at its new capabilities.
The Fundamentals of Building an HPC Cluster
High-performance computing begins with understanding what you are trying to achieve, the assumptions you make to get there, and the resulting boundaries and limitations imposed on you and your HPC system.
Encrypting Files
Encrypting your data is becoming increasingly important, but you don’t always have to use an encrypted filesystem. Sometimes just encrypting files is enough.