Section: New Software and Platforms

Platforms

Grid'5000

Grid'5000 (https://www.grid5000.fr/) is a large-scale and versatile testbed for experiment-driven research in all areas of computer science, with a focus on parallel and distributed computing including Cloud, HPC and Big Data. It provides access to a large amount of resources: 14828 cores, 829 compute-nodes grouped in homogeneous clusters located in 8 sites in France connected through a dedicated network (Renater), and featuring various technologies (GPU, SSD, NVMe, 10G and 25G Ethernet, Infiniband, Omni-Path) and advanced monitoring and measurement features for traces collection of networking and power consumption, providing a deep understanding of experiments. It is highly reconfigurable and controllable. Researchers can experiment with a fully customized software stack thanks to bare-metal deployment features, and can isolate their experiment at the networking layer advanced monitoring and measurement features for traces collection of networking and power consumption, providing a deep understanding of experiments designed to support Open Science and reproducible research, with full traceability of infrastructure and software changes on the testbed. Frédéric Desprez is director of the GRID5000 GIS.

SILECS/SLICES

Frédéric Desprez is co-PI with Serge Fdida (Université Sorbonne) of the SILECS (https://www.silecs.net/) infrastructure (IR ministère) which goal is to provide an experimental platform for experimental computer Science (Internet of things, clouds, HPC, big data, IA, wireless technologies, ...). This new infrastructure is based on two existing infrastructures, Grid'5000 and FIT. A European infrastructure (SLICES) is also currently designed with other european partners (Spain, Cyprus, Greece, Netherland, Switzerland, Poland, ...).