Using Cloud Constructs and Predictive Analysis to Enable Pre-Failure Process Migration in HPC Systems
James M. Brandt, Frank Chen, Vincent De Sapio, Ann Gentile, Jackson R. Mayo, Philippe Pébaÿ, Diana C. Roe, David Thompson, Matthew Wong · 2010
Accurate failure prediction in conjunction with efficient process migration facilities including some Cloud constructs can enable failure avoidance in large-scale high performance computing (HPC) platforms. In this work we demonstrate a prototype system that incorporates our probabilistic failure prediction system with virtualization mechanisms and techniques to provide a whole system approach to failure avoidance. This work utilizes a failure scenario based on a real-world HPC case study.