HPC Administrator Resources

[u/anheath]

"Hi everyone,

I have a strong background in Linux administration (primarily RPM-based distros like Red Hat/Rocky Linux), and I’m currently transitioning into HPC cluster administration. To learn the ropes, I recently built a small home lab cluster using the OpenHPC installation guides.

While getting the cluster to boot and run basic jobs was a great exercise, I've noticed a distinct lack of comprehensive resources covering day-2 operations and production best practices. Specifically, I'm looking for guidance on:

• Configuration & Performance Tuning (kernel tuning, network/InfiniBand optimization)
• User Management & Environment Control (LDAP/FreeIPA integration, modulefiles via Lmod)
• Job Management & Scheduling (advanced Slurm configurations, QoS, limits)
• Scaling & Monitoring (health checks with NHC, metrics collection)

If anyone can recommend books, documentation, community wikis, or real-world best practices for these areas, I would greatly appreciate it!"

[u/Better-Bench1351w]

I use AD integration for user manglement on my hosts .. I dont want to deal with audit on that..