SERVICES: Training

BioTeam has a successful track record of delivering well-received training sessions to diverse audiences. We are equally comfortable speaking to people with IT or research backgrounds.

For details on scheduled Amazon Cloud & Sun Grid Engine training workshops, please visit http://blog.bioteam.net/category/training/.

Our training is customized to fit client needs but as a general rule when IT infrastructures are involved our offerings generally fit into the following categories:

• Training scientists on how to use an existing or new HPC resource
• Training software developers on HPC application integration
• Training IT staff to operate and support a an existing or new HPC resource

Amazon Cloud Training Speciality Practice

BioTeam is launching a new series of cloud training programs focusing initially the on Amazon Web Services platform. More information can be found on our cloud training page.

Distributed Resource Management (DRM) Specialty Practice

Clusters and distributed computing have been at the heart of our professional services offerings for many years. Within this realm, Sun Grid Engine ('SGE') and Platform LSF ('LSF') are the leading technology options for implementing policy-based allocation of computing resources.

BioTeam consultants have many years of hands-on experience with LSF and SGE in demanding production-computing environments. Our capabilities go far beyond simple installation and configuration. Professional experience allows our instructors to speak accurately and honestly about common use cases, best practices and troubleshooting.

We have developed our own training materials for both LSF and SGE and are able to offer tailored training specific to a client environment.

Training offerings include:

• Practical LSF Administration
• Platform LSF for Scientists & Researchers
• Grid Engine 5.x Administration
• Grid Engine 6.x Administration
• User-centric Grid Engine Training

Example course topics:

Practical LSF Administration Introduction Overview Installation Usage Troubleshooting Configuration Controlling Monitoring

Grid Engine 6.x Administration Introduction Overview Installation Configuration SGE version 5 vs. SGE  version 6 SGE Usage for Admins Monitoring Policy Configuration Resource Quotas Troubleshooting

Below is a detailed course outline for our user and usage centric Grid Engine course. We are the only provider of Grid Engine training with a focus on the end-user rather than the IT administrator:

Grid Engine for End-users:

I. Clustering Overview
II. Grid Problem Types
     - SGE for High Throughput vs SGE for High Performance
III. Distributed Resource Management
     - Overview
     - What it provides
 IV. How Grid Engine Works
     - Job Types
     - Resource Allocation
     - Policies
     - Tickets
     - Architecture
     - Scheduling
 V. Basic Usage
     - Running Jobs
     - Checking Status
     - Troubleshooting
 VI. Advanced Usage
     - Resource requests
     - Job Arrays
     - Job Dependencies
     - Simple Workflows
     - Parallel Environments
     - Loose vs Tight parallel environment integration
     - Understanding resources & the SGE complex
 VII. Policy Based Resource Allocation
     - Overview
     - How it works
     - Effect on end-users
     - Commonly seen implementations
  VIII. Grid Engine Application Integration
     - Standalone applications & web front-ends
     - Parallel applications
     - Licensed applications

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