Developing High Performance Grid Computing Systems on a Budget
Faculty Mentor Name
Shigeo Hayashibara
Document Type
Presentation
Location
Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium
Start Date
5-10-2018 2:30 PM
End Date
5-10-2018 2:40 PM
Abstract
High performance grid computing systems are essential for today’s engineering and research projects, as they make certain impossibilities possible, and save time and money as well. However, these supercomputers can cost upwards of a hundred million dollars and require large amounts of space and energy to keep, making them all but inaccessible to small engineering firms and universities. As most of these institutions do not require the massive level of computing power offered by these large grid computers, small scale versions are often built, with various setups. The purpose of this project was to set up a new small scale grid computing system with a small price in the Advanced Computing and Simulations Lab (ACSL) at Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Prescott Campus and compare it with the current grid computing system. This new system differs from the old one in that it is mostly comprised of virtual machines, allowing it to take up very little space and cost very little money. It is also very capable of performing high level computations and simulations for undergraduate research in a variety of fields, making it a strong addition to the computing systems at ERAU.
Developing High Performance Grid Computing Systems on a Budget
Jim and Linda Lee Planetarium
High performance grid computing systems are essential for today’s engineering and research projects, as they make certain impossibilities possible, and save time and money as well. However, these supercomputers can cost upwards of a hundred million dollars and require large amounts of space and energy to keep, making them all but inaccessible to small engineering firms and universities. As most of these institutions do not require the massive level of computing power offered by these large grid computers, small scale versions are often built, with various setups. The purpose of this project was to set up a new small scale grid computing system with a small price in the Advanced Computing and Simulations Lab (ACSL) at Embry – Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) Prescott Campus and compare it with the current grid computing system. This new system differs from the old one in that it is mostly comprised of virtual machines, allowing it to take up very little space and cost very little money. It is also very capable of performing high level computations and simulations for undergraduate research in a variety of fields, making it a strong addition to the computing systems at ERAU.