PBS Works Suite: Enhancing Workload Management at The University of Nottingham
Technology Category
- Automation & Control - Human Machine Interface (HMI)
Applicable Industries
- Education
- Life Sciences
Applicable Functions
- Facility Management
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Inventory Management
- Smart Campus
Services
- System Integration
About The Customer
The University of Nottingham is a globally recognized institution, committed to providing a truly international education, inspiring students, and producing world-leading research. The University benefits the communities around its campuses in the UK, China, and Malaysia. It is home to over 43,000 students, more than 9,000 of them postgraduates. The University of Nottingham's position as a world-class University is confirmed by its ranking in the UK and European top 30 and by its position in the top 1 per cent of all universities worldwide. The University is committed to investing in its infrastructure and staff to support its researchers and their goals. The University's high-performance computing (HPC) facility underpins research in the areas of Science, Medicine, and Engineering.
The Challenge
The University of Nottingham, a world-class institution, is home to over 43,000 students and more than 100 research groups. The University's high-performance computing (HPC) facility supports research in various fields such as Science, Medicine, and Engineering. However, the University faced a challenge in managing the diverse computational workload efficiently. The HPC Service Manager, Dr. Colin Bannister, was keen on maximizing the benefits from the University's investment in HPC equipment. The University needed a powerful, flexible workload management suite that could ensure efficiency, usability, and performance. The desired system should enable efficient scheduling of computational workload, monitor and analyze workload, provide an easy-to-use interface, and produce straightforward management reports.
The Solution
The University of Nottingham conducted a detailed requirements specification to determine the best HPC workload management system. They found that the PBS Works suite, which includes PBS Professional, PBS Analytics, and Compute Manager, was the best fit for their criteria. The University had previously been using the Sun Grid Engine scheduler, which lacked equivalent features to Analytics or Compute Manager. Altair, the provider of PBS Works, prepared a proposal for configuring the system based on the University's 'HPC Policy' document. The HPC staff within the central IT at the University of Nottingham now run the PBS Works system. All users of HPC use PBS Professional to submit and monitor their jobs, while the HPC staff use PBS Analytics for analyzing workload data on the system. The University is also preparing to roll out the use of Compute Manager.
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