The Name
The term HPC Ecosystems Project refers to the concept of an ecosystem of HPC facilities in an organisation or country. The apex of the ecosystem pyramid would be a tier-1 national facility, and the base of the ecosystem pyramid would be tier-3 systems or workstations used by end-users.
The middle layer of the pyramid (the tier-2) would be the primary focus of the HPC Ecosystems Project, where we take the decommissioned tier-1 systems and repurpose them into mid-tier systems.
The goal is to provide access to performant HPC systems for end-users to optimise their applications before taking them to the tier-1 facilities. Of course, every environment is different, and for some, the HPC Ecosystems hardware will be their first HPC system.
The concept of multi-tiered layers towards an apex system aligns with the ecosystem concept. And since we seek to align all partner institutions into a singular community, the pluralised form of ecosystems refers to the community of HPC institutions.
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