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Centralized system and LSF logging on a Turing Pi system

Logs are one of those indispensable things in IT when things go wrong. Having worked in technical support for software products in a past life, I’ve likely looked at hundreds (or more) logs over the years, helping to identify issues.

4 turning and 7 chilling

How to keep your cool I’m back again and revisiting the Turing Pi V1 board. This time the focus isn’t on software, but rather cooling. In my previous write-up Pi in the sky?

Advanced LSF resource connector configuration on IBM Cloud - part II

Overview Back in November 2023 I authored a blog titled Advanced LSF resource connector configuration on IBM Cloud - part I. As I signed off in that post, I mentioned that there would be a follow-on post to cover some more advanced configuration topics on LSF resource connector.

Pi in the sky? A compute cluster in mini ITX form factor

Overview It’s taken me a while to get the wheels off the ground in 2024 in terms of blogging. This blog idea has been in the works actually for some time.

Advanced LSF resource connector configuration on IBM Cloud - part I

Overview This is the first in a series of blogs that discusses some advanced configuration of the IBM LSF resource connector. LSF resource connector enables LSF clusters to borrow resources from supported resource providers in the cloud.

LSF client on macOS - submitting from your laptop

In traditional HPC environments, login nodes are typically used as an access point for users to submit and manage jobs. Although login nodes are still used today, HPC environments are increasingly being used by a broad class of users with domain expertise and not necessarily IT experts.