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SUMMARY:Students' OpenHPC 2.x virtual lab #09
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240423T103000Z
DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20240715T163000Z
DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260721T132131Z
UID:indico-event-136@events.chpc.ac.za
DESCRIPTION:There will be an OpenHPC2 virtual training lab open to all st
 udents participating in the CHPC Student Cluster Competition as well as ot
 her students interested in implementing an HPC system.\n\nThis FREE traini
 ng lab is a virtual training workshop to gain hands-on experience with dep
 loying a three-node virtual cluster using the OpenHPC2.x software stack.\n
 \nUsing Vagrant and VirtualBox\, the virtual cluster will be deployed on 
 participants' own machines and remain available for future development and
  practice.\n\nAll interaction is facilitated through a virtual classroom\,
  with the learning material provided as an online guide.\n\nThe course mat
 erial is estimated to take 15-20 hours of hands-on time to complete\, with
  the course being open indefinitely (likely to close a week prior to the l
 aunch of the Student Cluster Competition 2024). \n\nIMPORTANT NOTE\n\nThi
 s workshop is provided as an opportunity for students to self-learn and pr
 actice the implementation of a 3-node cluster and to experiment with code 
 compilation and parallel job submissions. It is ideally suited for partici
 pants in the Student Cluster Competition to give them an opportunity to fr
 ont-load their hands-on exposure to Linux\, HPC software stacks\, and appl
 ication deployment.\n\nThere are NO LECTURES and support will be VERY LIMI
 TED. The workshop will be hosted on an interactive virtual classroom platf
 orm to allow participants to share ideas and solutions. \n\nPre-Requisite
 s -- it is suggested that participants have experience and a basic underst
 anding of:\n\n\n	HPC concepts (from a System Administrator's perspective):
 \n	\n		What is HPC\n		Why HPC\n		HPC hardware\n		Parallel Computing Concep
 ts\n		Software Compilation\n		Material presented by the CHPC's Student Clu
 ster Competition is sufficient to meet this requirement\, available here:
  Introduction to HPC for System Administrators.docx\n	\n	\n\n\nThe worksh
 op will concentrate on a guided hands-on OpenHPC deployment  using an on
 line guide. \n\nAt the end of the deployment process\, a fully functional
  Management Server will be operational as a VM\, to be used to perform fut
 ure HPC-related training and learning.\n\nContent will be delivered asynch
 ronously:\n\n\n	OpenHPC 1.3 Training Videos are hosted on YouTube (NOTE: a
 t this stage the OpenHPC2.x videos are not yet available).\n	 \n	Collabor
 ative Virtual Classroom environment (Piazza\, EdSTEM or similar) where all
  participants will be encouraged to participate collaboratively through th
 e workshop.\n\n\nYou do not need an operational HPC system to perform this
  training - everything will be run on your local machine (desktop or lapto
 p). There are 100's of participants who have all successfully run the 3-no
 de virtual cluster on their local machines\, but if you experience resourc
 e constraints\, we will do our best to investigate and assist.\n\nIn extre
 me circumstances of low or unreliable internet connectivity\, there are me
 chanisms to perform the lab entirely offline in your own time\, although w
 e will unfortunately not be able to facilitate this during the official vi
 rtual lab - please contact us for further information and assistance if yo
 u are faced with connectivity issues that prevent you from participating f
 ully in the official virtual lab.\n\nPlease note: there is no cost to part
 icipate.\n\nPurpose for the collection of personal data:\n\n\n	To make con
 tact with you with any matters regarding this course\;\n	Information on yo
 ur technical background is used to determine if you are eligible to partic
 ipate in this event\;\n	To report to the Departments of Higher Education a
 nd Training\, Science and Innovation\, and the Services Sector Education a
 nd Training Authority (SETA)\;\n\n\nWe look forward to sharing this learni
 ng journey with you!\n\nhttps://events.chpc.ac.za/event/136/
LOCATION:
URL:https://events.chpc.ac.za/event/136/
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