Systems- Facing Track
The Systems-Facing Track of the People Network will focus on aspects relevant to the execution of research computing and data systems. We connect every month with calls to discuss various topics. If you would like to get involved, fill out our membership form below for more information.
Index
(placeholder)
Calendar Here?
(placeholder)
Upcoming Calls
November 11, 2021, 1 pm ET
Topic: Network Troubleshooting: Techniques and Approaches
Upcoming Community Events
Topics Include
Architecture, Storage Systems, Networking, Cluster Management and Configuration, Accelerators, Security, and User Environment.
Communication
We connect via monthly calls, on slack, and an email list. Contact the Track Coordinators via email, here.
Get Involved
Fill out our membership form to let us know who you are and what you’re interested in. We’ll add you to the email list. Visit the People Network Page to join other tracks.
Monthly Calls
Monthly calls are on the third Thursday of the month, 1pm ET. Connection information and links to any materials are distributed via email.
Systems-Facing Resources
Here is the link to the CaRCC Systems- Facing Track Google Drive folder, which includes a sub folder for each month’s call with a document for meeting notes as well as the Zoom recording files.
Here is the link to the CaRCC Systems-Facing Track YouTube playlist of past calls if you are interested in watching the calls.
Previous Call Topics
May 2021- Clusters in the Sky: How Canada is Building Beyond Iaas Cloud with Magic Castle
April 2021- Experiences and Advice for Large and Small Data Centers- Cooling
March 2021- Enabling Science Collaborations with Secure and Flexible Service Deployment
February 2021- Geddes Composable Platform- Purdue’s Kubernetes,- Based Private Cloud Solution
January 2021- HPC Cluster Operating Systems Options
October 2020- Basic Cloud Bursting with Azure & VMWare
September 2020- Overview of HPC File Systems and One Site’s Experience
August 2020- Multi-Track Call: Service Models for Researcher-Purchased Computing and Data
July 2020- OURRstore: Big Data on a Small Budget, Discussion Facilitated by Henry Neeman, Patrick Calhoun
May 2020- Multi-Track: Student Workers
April 2020- Direct to the Chip Warm Water Cooling HPC Systems at OSC
March 2020- Visualize and Analyze Your Network Activities Using OSU INAM
February 2020- UC San Diego Health’s Approach to Meeting HIPAA Compliance in AWS
January 2020- HIPAA-Alligned Data and Public Cloud Platforms
December 2019- Cornell’s Data Finder Tool
October 2019- HTCondor’s Philosophy of High-Throughput Computing
September 2019- Providing a Unified Software Environment for Canada’s National Advanced Computing Centers
August 2019- Storage and Data Management for a Mid-Scale Research Data Set
July 2019- Racktables for Graphical HPC Cluster Management
June 2019- Open Discussion
May 2019- Globus Installation and Configuration
April 2019- Charliecloud Unprivileged Containers for User-Defined Software Tracks
March 2019- Ceph as a Campus Storage Solution (block and objects)
Track Leadership
Brian Haymore: Track Co-Coordinator, University of Utah
Betsy Hillery: Track Co-Coordinator, Purdue University
Sai Pinnepalli: Steering Committee, Louisiana State University
Jim Leous: Steering Committee, Penn State
John Blaas: Steering Committee, National Center for Atmospheric Research
Jason Wells: Steering Committee, Bentley University
Systems-Facing Wall of Thanks
(Former Track Leadership)
Alan Silver
IT Professional, UW-Madison, Track Co-Coordinator
Troy Baer
Senior HPC Systems Engineer, Ohio Supercomputer Center, Track Co-Coordinator