HPCOPS: The LONI Grid - Leveraging HPC Resources of the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative for Science and Engineering Research and Education

通过这个项目，路易斯安那州立大学(LSU)加入了被称为TeraGrid的集成的国家网络基础设施，为支持国家的科学和工程研究人员提供高性能计算(HPC)服务和网格技术专业知识。该项目通过提供对采用英特尔多核处理器技术的50%的Dell Linux群集的访问，扩展了TeraGrid的计算能力。此外，该项目还有助于访问几个数据管理和网格服务。这些服务包括PetaShare分布式数据归档、分析和可视化系统、用于计算、网络和数据服务的高度可用的健壮协同分配器(HARC)协同调度器，以及仙人掌计算工具包。该项目包括提供用户支持，重点是支持想要开发网格应用程序的研究人员。该项目包括一个全州范围的推广计划，该计划以南方大学为依托，南方大学是HBCU的一个大型系统。预计该项目将利用路易斯安那州立大学与路易斯安那州光网络倡议(LONI)和东南大学研究协会(SURA)的联系，增加代表不足的群体对TeraGrid的使用。项目工作人员将与飓风和风暴潮模拟的研究人员合作，开发一个TeraGrid科学网关，用于当飓风接近美国沿海地区时对风暴潮进行事件驱动的整体模拟，该项目有可能为改善国家飓风准备的努力做出贡献。该奖项的净效果将是：(I)向科学和工程研究和教育界提供访问具有熟悉和流行的体系结构的高性能计算资源的机会；(Ii)增强TeraGrid内网格服务的专业知识和用户支持；(Iii)增加TeraGrid伙伴关系的地理多样性；以及(Iv)加强TeraGrid与大学的联系，其中包括来自代表性不足群体的大量学生和教职员工。资助的HPC服务将允许跨广泛学科的研究人员对许多科学和工程领域的主题进行高级研究。预计这一奖项与NSF高性能计算计划最近的其他奖项一起，将共同加强通过国家分布式网络基础设施系统TeraGrid向科学和工程界提供高端网络基础设施服务，如高性能计算、社区数据收集和数据分析服务、远程可视化和科学门户服务。

With this project, Louisiana State University (LSU) joins the integrated, national cyberinfrastructure known as the TeraGrid, contributing high-performance computing (HPC) services and grid technology expertise to support the nation's science and engineering researchers. This project extends the computational capacity of the TeraGrid by providing access to 50% of a Dell Linux cluster that employs Intel's multi-core processor technology. In addition, the project contributes access to several data management and grid services. These services include the PetaShare distributed data archival, analysis, and visualization system, the Highly-Available Robust Co-allocator (HARC) co- scheduler for compute, network, and data services, and the Cactus Computational Toolkit. The project includes the provision of user support, with an emphasis on support for researchers wanting to develop grid applications.The project includes a statewide outreach program anchored by Southern University, a large HBCU system. It is anticipated that the project will leverage LSU's connections with the Louisiana Optical Network Initiative (LONI) and the Southeastern University Research Association (SURA) to increase the usage of TeraGrid by under-represented groups. Project staff will work with researchers in hurricane and storm surge modeling to develop a TeraGrid Science Gateway for event-driven, ensemble modeling of storm surges when hurricanes approach US coastal regions, a project with the potential to contribute to efforts to improve national hurricane preparedness.The net effects of this award will be: (i) to provide the science and engineering research and education community with access to a high-performance computing resource with a familiar and popular architecture; (ii) to enhance the expertise in and user support for grid services within the TeraGrid; (iii) to increase the geographical diversity of the TeraGrid partnership; and (iv) to enhance the TeraGrid's connections with universities that include significant numbers of students and faculty from under-represented groups. The funded HPC services will permit investigators across a broad range of disciplines to conduct advanced research on topics in many areas of science and engineering. It is anticipated that this award, together with other recent awards in NSF's high-performance computing program, will collectively strengthen the provisioning, to the science and engineering community, of high-end cyberinfrastructure services - such as high-performance computing, community data collections and data analysis services, remote visualization, and science gateway services - through the nationally distributed cyberinfrastructure system that is the TeraGrid.