Sandstone HPC-A domain-general gateway for new HPC users

Zebula Sampedro, Thomas Hauser, Saurabh Sood

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    Abstract

    The complexity of high-performance computing (HPC) resources poses many challenges to new users. A number of science gateways have been developed to increase the productivity of novice users by hiding the underlying infrastructure, however these solutions tend not to teach HPC skills that transfer easily outside of the gateway. In this paper we introduce a domain-general gateway, Sandstone HPC, that represents the HPC environment more naturally to novice users by abstracting the command-line interface and providing contextual help. We assess the degree to which Sandstone HPC improves upon the usability of the command-line interface by analyzing the results of a usability study conducted on both environments. We will also detail how the architecture promotes long-Term sustainability and a community-development model.

    Original languageEnglish
    Title of host publicationPEARC 2017 - Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing 2017
    Subtitle of host publicationSustainability, Success and Impact
    PublisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
    ISBN (Electronic)9781450352727
    DOIs
    StatePublished - Jul 9 2017
    Event2017 Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing, PEARC 2017 - New Orleans, United States
    Duration: Jul 9 2017Jul 13 2017

    Publication series

    NameACM International Conference Proceeding Series
    VolumePart F128771

    Conference

    Conference2017 Practice and Experience in Advanced Research Computing, PEARC 2017
    Country/TerritoryUnited States
    CityNew Orleans
    Period07/9/1707/13/17

    Keywords

    • High-Performance Computing
    • User Studies
    • Web-Based IDE

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