The marriage of Heat and Ansible for delivering scientific applications that are simple to deploy and manage.
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HPC Networking in OpenStack: Part 2
Part 2 of our series on HPC networking in OpenStack covers managing physical and virtual network infrastructure as code using the Kayobe project.
read moreEthernet's future is approaching - fast
StackHPC attended the Mellanox product launch for a new generation of switches, built around their Spectrum-2 ASIC, and delivering link speeds up to 400Gbits/s.
read moreOur loss is Norway's gain: StackHPC is recruiting
We say farewell to Steve Simpson, our highly valued technical lead on monitoring, and look ahead to replacing him with new blood for the team.
read moreHPC Networking in OpenStack: Part 1
Part 1 of our series on HPC networking in OpenStack showcases the varied networking capabilities of one of our recent OpenStack deployments, the Performance Prototype Platform (P3) built for the Square Kilometre Array (SKA) telescope's Science Data Processor (SDP).
read moreExtending TripleO for the HPC-enabled Overcloud
A rainy day activity led to the refactoring of large swathes of our TripleO-driven deployment process for HPC-enabled OpenStack infrastructure.
read moreStackHPC at ACCU 2017
StackHPC presents on asynchronous C++ for I/O and networking at ACCU 2017
read moreHPCAC Conference End Note: The Case for a Scientific OpenStack
StackHPC attended the HPC Advisory Council conference in Lugano, Switzerland. Stig was delighted to be able to give the endnote address, on Scientific OpenStack, to close the conference.
read moreZero-Touch Provisioning using Ironic Inspector and Dell iDRAC
Ironic Inspector's new capabilities unlock the possibility of using OpenStack for the zero-touch provisioning of new hardware. Here we investigate these features and demonstrate a way of commissioning new hardware with minimal operator involvement.
read moreStackHPC at PGDay Paris 2017
Extending Monasca to use Postgres for OpenStack monitoring and logging
read moreLogging Services for Guest Workloads: A Step Closer
Monasca's multi-tenant capabilities are being extended to support multi-tenant logging. Here's our take on how this new service will add value for doing research computing on OpenStack.
read moreStackHPC at the Sanger Centre OpenStack Day
StackHPC presents plans for using OpenStack to support SKA prototyping infrastructure.
read moreStackHPC at FOSDEM/PGDay 2017
StackHPC presents designs for extending Monasca with support for Postgres
read moreTripleO, NUMA and vCPU Pinning: Improving Guest Performance
Virtualised performance can be boosted through using NUMA passthrough and vCPU Pinning. This article describes how it's done in an environment deployed with TripleO
read moreManaging BIOS and RAID in the Hyperscale Era
Using Ansible and Ironic for firmware configuration management.
read moreUnderstanding VXLAN+OVS Bandwidth Issues
A study of some of the VXLAN network performance issues we encountered while working on the OpenStack/HPC cloud at Cambridge University, and what we did to resolve them.
read moreStackHPC at Supercomputing 2016
Momentum gathers for Scientific OpenStack and StackHPC
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SuperUser Reports on OpenStack Foundation Visit to Cambridge
A Little Fun in a Historical Context
A Little Fun in a Historical Context
read moreOpenStack and High Performance Data
OpenStack and High Performance Data
read moreStackHPC at OpenStack Day UK
OpenStack and HPC Workload Management
OpenStack and HPC Workload Management
read moreOpenStack and HPC Infrastructure Management
OpenStack and HPC Infrastructure Management
read moreOpenStack and HPC Network Fabrics
OpenStack and HPC network fabrics
read moreOpenStack and Virtualised HPC
HPC and the overhead of virtualisation
read moreMellanox OFED for the Overcloud
Enabling RDMA Support in OpenStack Overcloud Images
read moreTalking the Scientific Working Group at OpenStack Austin
StackHPC at Computing Insight UK
StackHPC at OpenStack Tokyo