2025-01-16 CaRCC Systems-Facing: Container Adoption in Campus High Performance Computing

Containers promise benefits for both researchers and cyberinfrastructure (CI) professionals, by offering pre-assembled software stacks with a lower barrier to entry. However, the benefits of containers are best realized in a well-developed CI ecosystem with support from administrators. This presentation will cover the emerging container ecosystem supported by Texas A&M University’s High Performance Research Computing Group (HPRC) and cover lessons learned from the perspective of a team that manages a diverse CI portfolio. This includes the process of building a container ecosystem for HPRC computing resources, outreach to researcher communities, and documenting use cases that inspire uptake by others.
Presented by: Richard Lawrence, HPC User Support Specialist, Texas A&M