Container-based Virtualization for HPC

Holger Gantikow, Sebastian Klingberg, Christoph Reich

2015

Abstract

Experts argue that the resource demands of High Performance Computing (HPC) clusters request bare-metal installations. The performance loss of container virtualization is minimal and close to bare-metal, but in comparison has many advantages, like ease of provisioning. This paper presents the use of the newly adopted container technology and its multiple conceptional advantages for HPC, compared to traditional bare-metal installations or the use of VMs. The setup based on Docker (Docker, 2015) shows a possible use in private HPC sites or public clouds as well. The paper ends with a performance comparison of a FEA job run both bare-metal and using Docker and a detailed risk analysis of Docker installations in a multi-tenant environment, as HPC sites usually are.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Gantikow H., Klingberg S. and Reich C. (2015). Container-based Virtualization for HPC . In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER, ISBN 978-989-758-104-5, pages 543-550. DOI: 10.5220/0005485605430550

in Bibtex Style

@conference{closer15,
author={Holger Gantikow and Sebastian Klingberg and Christoph Reich},
title={Container-based Virtualization for HPC},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,},
year={2015},
pages={543-550},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0005485605430550},
isbn={978-989-758-104-5},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science - Volume 1: CLOSER,
TI - Container-based Virtualization for HPC
SN - 978-989-758-104-5
AU - Gantikow H.
AU - Klingberg S.
AU - Reich C.
PY - 2015
SP - 543
EP - 550
DO - 10.5220/0005485605430550