Decentral Systems
The PC˛ assists all groups of the University of Paderborn in planning their local compute services. In general, a sharing of all available compute resources is targeted. The PC˛ provides help in procurement and installation of compute servers.
Procurement |
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Compute servers: Consulting and surveying of configurations of computer systems for performance oriented computations. Recommendation concerning the selection of suitable systems and components. | Dr. Jens Simon |
Software: Organisation of a community with shared licenses for HPC software. Joint procurement of software. |
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Management of software licensens: The PC˛ operates license servers. These servers can also be used for licenses owned by users. |
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Besides procurement of systems, the PC˛ also provides support for the initial installation of compute servers.
Initial Installation |
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Resource management software: The PC˛ offers a resource management system. Consulting and support for a resource mangement system for compute servers. | Axel Keller |
University-wide file system: Consulting and support for a university-wide file system. | Andreas Krawinkel |
Network connection: Consulting and support for network connection to the central compute resources. Configuration of security systems to allow shared usage of local compute servers. | Holger Nitsche |