Red Hat Powers the Future of Supercomputing with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
May 06 2024 - 11:00AM
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux to serve as the
foundation for El Capitan, the National Nuclear Security
Administration’s first exascale supercomputer
Red Hat, Inc., the world's leading provider of open source
solutions, today announced that Red Hat Enterprise Linux is the
operating system platform for El Capitan, the National Nuclear
Security Administration’s (NNSA) first exascale supercomputer.
Projected to be the world’s most powerful supercomputer, El Capitan
is located at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). As the
catalyst for El Capitan’s software stack, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
provides a crucial linkage in preparing for cloud-enabled
supercomputers with artificial intelligence (AI) and machine
learning (ML) components. At the same time, the platform easily
integrates with LLNL’s existing technology environment, providing a
simplified administration and user experience that spans from
traditional systems to El Capitan’s next-generation
infrastructure.
When fully deployed in mid- to late 2024, El Capitan is expected
to boast a processing power of over two (double precision) exaflops
per second and will be used by all three NNSA Tri-Labs (LLNL, Los
Alamos National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratory) to help
address the safety, security and reliability of the nation’s
nuclear stockpile. The supercomputer and its unclassified companion
system, Tuolumne, will also support research in areas that include
climate science, computational biology, material discovery, high
energy-density physics, material modeling and more.
LLNL has a long-standing history with Red Hat, having used Red
Hat Enterprise Linux as the backbone of many of its systems, 11 of
which rank on the Top 500 list of the world’s most powerful
supercomputers. LLNL also employs Red Hat Enterprise Linux as the
default operating system for several smaller supercomputers within
its restricted and collaboration networks, like Tuolumne and
RZAdams, to help establish a standard operating environment across
the bulk of the lab’s systems.
Harmony between RHEL and LLNL is mission-critical, as
high-performance computing (HPC) strategies must be aligned with
the overwhelming prevalence of cloud-based systems. This especially
applies to software environments, as sustainability and
accessibility are vital to the functioning of these HPCs.
By standardizing on the world’s leading enterprise Linux
platform, LLNL is able to enhance operational efficiency and
flexibility, which are pivotal characteristics for the teams that
oversee the day-to-day management and maintenance of supercomputing
environments. This joint history between LLNL and Red Hat helped
drive even greater collaboration around supercomputing evolution,
including developing best practices for connecting HPC schedulers
and cloud orchestrators to align with the continued growth of cloud
technologies.
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Supporting Quotes
Gunnar Hellekson, vice president and general manager, Red Hat
Enterprise Linux, Red Hat “The collaboration between Red Hat and
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory exemplifies the
indispensable nature of a trusted, consistent and comprehensive
Linux platform like Red Hat Enterprise Linux for some of our
nation’s most essential research. We’re proud to continue our 20+
year relationship with LLNL by extending the world’s leading
enterprise Linux platform to what is expected to soon be the
world’s fastest exascale supercomputer.”
Bronis de Supinski, chief technology officer of Livermore
Computing, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory “Red Hat
Enterprise Linux combines an open source solution with testing and
software assurance that is essential for mission-critical,
large-scale computing. We’re excited to extend our existing
partnership to include El Capitan.”
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