Have in interest in High Performance Computing?  Microsoft will be hosting a train-the-trainer event in Redmond on Dec 4th and 5th, 2007 for people to gain experience with pre-release Compute Cluster Server 2008 (CCS) technologies.  The agenda addresses both IT-Pro and Developer High Performance Computing (HPC) interests. 

EXPERIENCE:  Discuss clustered computing solution scenarios with Microsoft HPC technology specialists.

ROADMAP:  Review the HPC platform technology roadmap for Windows HPC.

SOLUTIONS:  Identify integrated solution scenarios leveraging Windows platform technologies.

ENABLE:  Equip yourself to architect integrated solutions leveraging HPC platform technologies.

This 2-day workshop introduces Microsoft Compute Cluster Server 2008 (aka “v2”), Microsoft’s next-generation high-performance computing offering. You will have an opportunity to discuss and try for yourselves the significant advancements coming in the area of cluster management, scalability and performance.  Some familiarity with CCS “v1” or general High Performance Computing solution scenarios is helpful.

To Register, Please visit www.msevents.microsoft.com and

enter Event ID# 1032360093

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Agenda and Abstract

Day 1: CCS Infrastructure for the IT-Pro

- Overview of CCS v2

- Administration: all-in-one monitoring, diagnostics, reporting

- Administration: template-based deployment and patching; application installation and fail-over (when available in beta code)

- Changes to network configuration, diagnostics, performance tuning

- Storage options

Labs:

- Cluster deployment

- Infiniband configuration

- Operations and diagnostics

- Command-line operations with PowerShell

- Head node fail-over (when available)

Day 2: CCS Usage and Application Development

- The v2 scheduler: new, scalable architecture & features

- Interoperability: WCF interface, xml profiles, v2 API

- Development: tools for debugging/tracing, mpi.net libraries, plinq

Labs:

- Scheduling jobs using new features (e.g. partitions), including PowerShell scripting

- Developing a WCF component to interact with the cluster

- Developing CLR-managed MPI applications with mpi.net

Attendance is free of charge.

Travel, accommodations, and evening meals are the responsibility of the attending organizations.