Single System Image Cluster Computing Session: BoF-37 Event Type: BOF Time: 12:15pm - 1:15pm Speaker(s): Stephen Lucien Scott Location: 608-609 Abstract: To achieve peta-scale computing, it is anticipated that future systems will require 100,000’s of processors working in concert. The overwhelming size and complexity of such a system will require a computing environment that addresses the scalability of the file system, network, programming environment, and operating system. The architecture, out of practical necessity, will be that of a clustered system. While today there are numerous types of clusters and perhaps as many diverse cluster environments, none scale well to this level of complexity. Unfortunately, even today, clusters present scaling challenges. What is needed is a better way to deal with the complexity issues – to abstract away the complexity from the application and the system. One such answer to the abstraction question is provided by scalable Single System Image (SSI) clustering. This BoF will include speakers from the leading SSI cluster solutions including SCYLD, Kerrighed, and OpenSSI. Chair/Speaker Details: Stephen Lucien Scott Oak Ridge National Laboratory