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Large-Scale Scientific Computing
                  in The Netherlands




Evert.Lammerts@SARA.nl   WUR, March 22, 2011
Lykle.Voort@SARA.nl
Program
Introducing SARA & Computing (15 slides)
   Our Work
   Large-Scale Computing


Discussion
   What you do
   What we can do together



                    WUR, March 22, 2011
Our Work




WUR, March 22, 2011
Facilitating Science in The Netherlands with Equipment for
 and Expertise on Large-Scale Computing, Large-Scale
 Data Storage, High-Performance Networking,
       eScience, and Visualization


                       WUR, March 22, 2011
What We Do
Operations
   Maintenance of physical infrastructure
   Renewing infrastructure




                                                           Project Based
Support
   Help scientists to use the infrastructure
   Consultancy for projects

Development
   Services, interfaces, visualization tools, and so on

Innovation
   Keep track of developments in the field
   Evaluation of new technologies in pilot projects
                                   WUR, March 22, 2011
How We Do It
As partner in projects
   Usually larger; maybe in time, maybe in amount, maybe in
    ambition, maybe in perspective, ...
   Roles in organization, reporting, 
   Infrastructure partners, in the broadest sense

Using resource requests
   Typically dealing with one scientist or a small consortium,
    solving a certain problem
   (Hands-on) support and access to resources
   We help with the requests (this is simple!)
                         WUR, March 22, 2011
WUR, March 22, 2011
   Foundation National
                      Compute Facilities
                     Part of NWO, the
                      Netherlands
                      Organization for
                      Scientific Research
                     Resource requests for
                      Huygens, Lisa and GPU



WUR, March 22, 2011
   A collaboration between
                         NCF
                         NIKHEF
                         NBIC
                         SARA
                     Resource requests for
                      Grid, Cloud and Hadoop



WUR, March 22, 2011
Large-Scale Computing




      WUR, March 22, 2011
Parallelization:
Amdahl's Law




   WUR, March 22, 2011
Data Parallelization




      WUR, March 22, 2011
For example
BBMRI / Genome of The                   The Virtual Knowledge
Netherlands (GvNL)                      Studio
   Alignment and of                   How do categories on
    sequenced genomes of                Wikipedia evolve over
    750 people                          time?
   750 times the same                 Periodically look through
    pipeline of applications            Wikipedia dumps and build
                                        category trees




                        WUR, March 22, 2011
Task Parallelization




      WUR, March 22, 2011
For example

CosmoGrid
   Simulate clusters of
    stars in a region of the
    universe
   Everything affects
    everything




                         WUR, March 22, 2011
Scientific Computing
 in The Netherlands




      WUR, March 22, 2011
http://www.sara.nl




    WUR, March 22, 2011
PS




Did you know we have placed a cluster at WUR?

   https://grid.sara.nl/wiki/index.php/Life_Science_Grid




                       WUR, March 22, 2011

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Scientific computing in The Netherlands

  • 1. Large-Scale Scientific Computing in The Netherlands Evert.Lammerts@SARA.nl WUR, March 22, 2011 Lykle.Voort@SARA.nl
  • 2. Program Introducing SARA & Computing (15 slides) Our Work Large-Scale Computing Discussion What you do What we can do together WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 4. Facilitating Science in The Netherlands with Equipment for and Expertise on Large-Scale Computing, Large-Scale Data Storage, High-Performance Networking, eScience, and Visualization WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 5. What We Do Operations Maintenance of physical infrastructure Renewing infrastructure Project Based Support Help scientists to use the infrastructure Consultancy for projects Development Services, interfaces, visualization tools, and so on Innovation Keep track of developments in the field Evaluation of new technologies in pilot projects WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 6. How We Do It As partner in projects Usually larger; maybe in time, maybe in amount, maybe in ambition, maybe in perspective, ... Roles in organization, reporting, Infrastructure partners, in the broadest sense Using resource requests Typically dealing with one scientist or a small consortium, solving a certain problem (Hands-on) support and access to resources We help with the requests (this is simple!) WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 8. Foundation National Compute Facilities Part of NWO, the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research Resource requests for Huygens, Lisa and GPU WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 9. A collaboration between NCF NIKHEF NBIC SARA Resource requests for Grid, Cloud and Hadoop WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 10. Large-Scale Computing WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 11. Parallelization: Amdahl's Law WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 12. Data Parallelization WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 13. For example BBMRI / Genome of The The Virtual Knowledge Netherlands (GvNL) Studio Alignment and of How do categories on sequenced genomes of Wikipedia evolve over 750 people time? 750 times the same Periodically look through pipeline of applications Wikipedia dumps and build category trees WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 14. Task Parallelization WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 15. For example CosmoGrid Simulate clusters of stars in a region of the universe Everything affects everything WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 16. Scientific Computing in The Netherlands WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 17. http://www.sara.nl WUR, March 22, 2011
  • 18. PS Did you know we have placed a cluster at WUR? https://grid.sara.nl/wiki/index.php/Life_Science_Grid WUR, March 22, 2011