Data Transfer: Globus

Estimated time: 60 minutes

Overview

Questions

• “What is supercomputing?”
• “Why I could need a supercomputer?”
• “How a supercomputer compares with my desktop or laptop computer?”

Objectives

• “Learn the main concepts of supercomputers”
• “Learn some use cases that justify using supercomputers.”
• “Learn about HPC cluster a major category of supercomputers.”

Key Points

• “Supercomputers are far more powerful than desktop computers”
• “Most supercomputers today are HPC clusters”
• “Supercomputers are intended to run large calculations or simulations that takes days or weeks to complete”
• “HPC clusters are aggregates of machines that operate as a single entity to provide computational power to many users”