SuperComputing 2007 in Reno, Nev., saw the second “interoperability fest” involving the OGF’s HPC Basic Profile (HPCBP) specification. Groups from academia, research and industry came together to demonstrate the interoperability of the core specification and to prototype extensions to the core specification used to support more advanced capabilities, such as file staging.

High Performance Computing Basic Profile (HPCBP) Background

The HPCBP specification has been developed by the OGF’s HPC Profile Working Group over the last 18 months to define how to submit, monitor and manage jobs using standard mechanisms across different job schedulers or grid middleware from different software providers. A significant milestone was passed in August 2007 when the HPC Profile Working Group’s first specification --the HPC Basic Profile 1.0 -- was published as a proposed recommendation.