The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
The International Conference for High Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis
Workshop: 3rd International Workshop on RESource DISaggregation in High Performance Computing (RESDIS)
Authors: Phil Cayton (Intel Corporation), Michael Aguilar (Sandia National Laboratories), and Christian Pinto (IBM Research Europe)
Abstract: Traditional HPC systems are provisioned with sets of static fixed quantities of resources (e.g., memory, storage, accelerators, CPU) to execute requested computation. This is not sufficient for today’s datacenters running modern dynamic workloads, resulting in workloads executing on systems not optimized for their needs. Datacenters often end up over-provisioning systems with hardware resources to provide workload versatility in HPC clusters. Extending Composable Disaggregated Infrastructure (CDI) to HPC architectures enables servers to be composed out of physically disaggregated resources to match the requirements of a workload. Central resource management, using a standardized interface, enables client applications to monitor, compose, and intelligently optimize resource provisioning. The OpenFabrics Alliance in collaboration with DMTF, SNIA, and the CXL Consortium, is developing the Sunfish Management Framework for intelligent HPC CDI control. The goal of Sunfish is to enable interoperability through common interfaces for connecting workloads with resources, without having to worry about underlying hardware technologies.