HPC Midlands - Supercomputing for Research and Industry (Hartree Centre presentation)
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The document outlines the HPC Midlands initiative, focusing on high-performance computing infrastructure and industrial engagement, funded by the UK's e-infrastructure programme. It highlights the capabilities of the HPC Midlands cluster, various applications in fluid dynamics, and case studies showcasing successful collaborations with industries like E.ON. Additionally, it discusses lessons learned regarding operational connections, software licensing, and the Moonshot initiative for enhanced connectivity.
HPC Midlands - Supercomputing for Research and Industry (Hartree Centre presentation)
- 1. Martin Hamilton, Centre Manager hpc-midlands.ac.uk
- 2. Contents • UK e-Infrastructure initiative • HPC Midlands • Industrial engagement • Lessons learned & opportunities
- 3. UK e-Infrastructure Programme • OSI e-Infrastructure Working Group • RCUK e-Infrastructure Advisory Group • £158m BIS e-Infrastructure investment • Tildesley Report: http://goo.gl/VSw4x • Regional HPC consortia funded via EPSRC
- 4. UK e-Infrastructure Programme • OSI e-Infrastructure Working Group • RCUK e-Infrastructure Advisory Group • £158m BIS e-Infrastructure investment • Tildesley Report: http://goo.gl/VSw4x • Regional HPC consortia funded via EPSRC • “Eight Great Technologies”, including £189m for Big Data & Energy Efficient Computing
- 5. What is HPC Midlands? • HPC on demand, delivered via JANET • Consortium of Loughborough University & University of Leicester • Managed service delivered by Bull • ISV support, e.g. ANSYS and CD-adapco • Funded by EPSRC/BIS e-Infrastructure initiative (£1m hardware grant + ‘recurrent’)
- 6. Hera, the HPC Midlands cluster • 3,000 cores (48 Teraflops) • 11 chassis (18 blades each) • 15TB RAM • 120TB Lustre storage • Non-blocking QDR Infiniband • 188 compute node blades – 2 x 2.0GHz (8 core) Sandy Bridge – 140 with 64GB RAM (4GB/core) – 48 with 128GB RAM (8GB/core)
- 7. HPC Midlands Applications Large Eddy Simulation of Premixed Combustion in Spark Ignition Engines. Prof. W. Malalasekera Dr. A. Clarke C. Ranasinghe
- 9. HPC Midlands Applications Large Eddy Simulation of Crossflow Vortices on an Infinite Swept Wing V. I. Mistry G .J. Page J. J. McGuirk 42nd AIAA Fluid Dynamics Conference DOI: 10.1016/j.paerosci.2011.12.002
- 11. HPC Midlands Applications CFD Based Study of Unconventional Aeroengine Exhaust Systems T. Coates G. J. Page 30th AIAA Applied Aerodynamics Conference DOI: 10.2514/6.2012-2775
- 13. Industrial Engagement Strategic partnerships Local / Regional firms & initiatives Science Parks and Incubators
- 14. HPC Midlands Case Study – E.ON Key points: • Steady state, complex geometry, simple physics. • Simulations with 24 to 128 cores • 6 different meshes used from 4.5 to 80 million cells • Speed-ups from 30 to 145 times observed vs. in-house system ANSYS CFX simulation of leak in gas turbine enclosure
- 15. HPC Midlands Case Study – E.ON Normalized Timings for HPC Runs CPU core time per million cells 180 169.31 Grid 1 4.5M elements 24 cores 160 per 100 iterations (s) Grid 2 8M elements 48 cores 140 120 Grid 3 15M elements 48 cores 93.18 100 84.81 Grid 4 25M elements 60 cores 80 67.62 Grid 5 60 39.18 45M elements 128 cores 36.81 40 Grid 6 80M elements 128 cores 20 0 Grid 1 … … … … … “Straightforward to use, secure and fast” “Biggest advantage is for jobs that: Have large parameter spaces Are time dependent Have complex geometry Have very complex physics A combination of the above”
- 16. Lessons Learned • Making the connection • Paperwork • Software licensing • IPR, NDA and other TLAs • Plumbing • Sneakernet • Connectivity • Moonshot
- 17. Paperwork – Software Licensing user@hpc-midlands.ac.uk
- 21. Plumbing - Project Moonshot • JANET(UK) initiative • Like eduroam, but for any protocol • Use your existing credentials everywhere • Securely tunnelled back to home RADIUS server • Applicable to academia and industry? • 18 month pilot, kickoff in April • https://www.ja.net/products-services/janet- futures/moonshot
- 22. Martin Hamilton, Centre Manager hpc-midlands.ac.uk