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Storage System Infrastructure Upgrades Improve Performance, Data Security
8 years ago

Storage System Infrastructure Upgrades Improve Performance, Data Security

By  •  8 years ago  •  Technology

OLCF staff have invested heavily in making sure users can access data quickly while also taking steps to keep data safe.
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New Test Harness Keeps OLCF Resources Running Smoothly
8 years ago

New Test Harness Keeps OLCF Resources Running Smoothly

By  •  8 years ago  •  Technology

Staff at ORNL saw a need for more efficient systems testing; through a collaboration of groups at the OLCF, they were able to build a state-of-the-art test harness.

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The Need for Speed
9 years ago

The Need for Speed

By  •  9 years ago  •  Technology

With its hybrid architecture featuring traditional CPUs alongside GPUs, Titan represents a revolutionary paradigm in high-performance computing’s quest to reach the exascale with only marginal increases in power consumption for the world’s leading systems.
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Titan Gets Computational Company
10 years ago

Titan Gets Computational Company

By  •  10 years ago  •  Technology

Two new computing resources are being installed at the OLCF to enhance the user experience and maximize project outputs.
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OLCF Continues Education Leadership with Summer Students
10 years ago

OLCF Continues Education Leadership with Summer Students

By  •  10 years ago  •  People

Nearly 25 student interns from middle school to graduate school got the opportunity this summer to work with OLCF staff and boost their computing skills.
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Supersizing Spider

By  •  10 years ago  •  Technology

The new system will feature 32 petabytes of storage and an aggregate bandwidth of 1TB/second, allowing it to better keep pace with the OLCF’s Titan.
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ORNL Experts Work to Manage Big Data from Climate Science

By  •  11 years ago  •  Science

HPCwire sat down with Galen Shipman to discuss strategies for coping with the “3 Vs”—variety, velocity, and volume—of the big data that climate science generates.
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Lustre File System Named A Top Trend

By  •  11 years ago  •  Technology

Community development of the Lustre file system was named one of HPCwire.com’s most important trends in 2011. This came as no surprise to the computational science community at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL).
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OpenSFS Continues Support for Lustre File System at the OLCF

By  •  11 years ago  •  Technology

The future looks bright for the Lustre parallel file system. In August, OpenSFS and software developer Whamcloud agreed on key improvements to the open-source software system, resulting in a $2.1 million, multi-year contract.
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As Supercomputers Approach Exascale, Experts Wrestle with Big Data

By  •  12 years ago  •  Technology

In this interview, Galen Shipman, who heads OLCF’s Technology Integration group, discusses the challenges of managing big data.
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