The Galicia Supercomputing Centre (CESGA) provides high performance computing resources and services to research institutions in Galicia, Spain. It aims to promote computational science research and technology transfer. CESGA has over 16,000 GFLOPS of computing power and seeks to make HPC resources more accessible to small and medium enterprises through training programs and a cloud infrastructure called CloudPYME. This project aims to validate open source simulation software, provide training, deploy cloud services, and support 10 SMEs in order to increase adoption of HPC and sustainability of the resources.

1. CENTRO DE SUPERCOMPUTACIÓN DE GALICIA
Role of public supercomputing
centers in the promotion of HPC on
Cloud:
the CloudPYME Case
Andrés Gómez Tato
(Galicia Supercomputing Centre)
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

2. Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

3. FINIS TERRAE
Spanish National Unique Scientific & Technology
Infrastructure
More than: 16,000 GFLOPS 2,580 CPUs 19,640 GB Memory
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

4. MISSION STATEMENT
To provide high performance computing and advanced
communications resources and services to the scientific
community of Galicia and to the Spanish National Research
Council (CSIC), as well as, to institutions and enterprises
with R&D&I activity.
To promote high quality research in Computational
Science in close collaboration with the research community
from Galicia as well as from other regions or countries all
over the world; contributing in this way to the advancement
of science, to transfer technology to industry and
administrations, and as consequence, to the welfare of
society as a whole.
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

5. Legal Status
 Non Profit Foundation
PARTNERS
 Regional Government of Galicia
 National Reseach Council of Spain
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

6. CUSTOMERS
 Universities of Galicia
 Regional Research Centers
 National Research Council Centers (CSIC)
 Hospitals
 Private Companies from any country
 Technological Centers
 Other Non Profit RTD Centers
ISO 9001:2008 UNE166002 Excellence in Management
Quality Management R&D Management
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

7. CESGA SERVICES
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

8. HPC EVOLUTION AT CESGA
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

9. GALICIAN WEATHER FORECAST
Daily Execution of Operational Weather Forecast
http://www.meteogalicia.es
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

10. HARBOR SAFATY
Daily Execution of Operational Oceanographic Forecast
http://www.puertos.es
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

11. NEW TURBINE DESIGN: CFD
CENER
Sugoi Gómez
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

12. NUMBER OF COMPUTING USERS
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

13. HPC SERVICES USER SATISFACTION LEVELS
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

14. SIMULATION IN SMEs (2004)
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

15. CONSTRAINTS
Open Source
Training
External CPUs:
CLOUD
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

16. ACTIONS
 Identify, Verify and Validate Open Software
 Salome
 Code_aster
 OpenFOAM
 Training Technological Centres
 External Support
Supercomputer Centres
 CPU on demand or
Cloud Providers
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

17. Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

18. ACTIVITIES
 Validate software: CODE_ASTER
 Develop Training Material and Courses
 Deploy Cloud Infrastructure
 Create a support infrastructure
 Train 100 people
 Test system in 10 SMEs
 Study sustainability
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

19. CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE
 Remote StorageQueue
Classical Batch
CloudPYME Distribution
 Shared for SMEs employees
Better Performance
SALOME
 Protected on Queue
Must wait
CODE_ASTER
STORAGE
 HPC on Cloud
 CPUs on Demand
 Same CloudPYME Distribution
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

20. CLOUD SUPPORT
LEVEL 1
LEVEL 2
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

21. PORTAL
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

22. Next Steps
 Add more applications: OpenFOAM,
MaxFEM
 Test with 10 SMEs
 Write best-cases
 Disseminate Cloud Advantages
 Sustainability
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

23. CONCLUSSIONS
 Simulation is a must for SMEs
 Still important barriers to adopt it
 Supercomputing centres have the
computing knowledge
 But need collaboration with Tech Centers
 Open Software and Cloud could help
adoption
 And…
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

24. CESGA STAFF
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN

25. THANK YOU
Göteborg, May 2012, SWEDEN