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## Quiz!
### Which statement is generally true about what we mean by a "cluster"?
- A. One very powerful computer
- B. Many geographically dispersed computers connected via the internet
- C. Network of CPU nodes with lots of RAM that are linked together with some kind of network
- <font color="red">A. One very powerful computer</font>
- <font color="green">B. Many geographically dispersed computers connected via the internet</font>
- <font color="blue">C. Network of CPU nodes with lots of RAM that are linked together with some kind of network</font>


### Network/fabric
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- Ethernet -- 0.1ms -- \~1-40 Gbit/s -- network
- Infiniband -- 0.001ms -- \~100-800 Gbit/s -- fabric


## Quiz!
### Which statement is false?
- <font color="red">A. Latency is the time between sending and receiving messages</font>
- <font color="green">B. Bandwidth is the rate at which messages can be sent</font>
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- Cores typically slower than laptop/workstation cores, but more of them and more cache/RAM


## Quiz!
### Which statement is true about nodes and cores?
- A. There is one node per supercomputer
- B. Each node has multiple CPU cores
- C. Cores in supercomputers are typically faster than laptop cores and have less RAM
- <font color="red">A. There is one node per supercomputer</font>
- <font color="green">B. Each node has multiple CPU cores</font>
- <font color="blue">C. Cores in supercomputers are typically faster than laptop cores and have less RAM</font>


### Compute node architecture -- `lstopo`
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https://wiki.flatironinstitute.org/SCC/Hardware/Storage


## Quiz!
### Which statement is true about file systems at FI?
- A. I should put many small files ina single directory on ceph
- B. I should put large files in my home directory
- C. Home and ceph are the only options for storing data during a job
- D. Files stored in my home directory are backed up while ones on ceph are not
- <font color="red">A. I should put many small files in a single directory on ceph</font>
- <font color="green">B. I should put large files in my home directory</font>
- <font color="blue">C. Home and ceph are the only options for storing data during a job</font>
- <font color="yellow">D. Files stored in my home directory are backed up while ones on ceph are not</font>



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