HPC I/O Performance Analysis Workshop (NHR@SW)

This three-day online workshop introduces best practices for HPC I/O performance and provides hands-on training with Darshan and DFTracer. Participants will learn how to characterize application I/O behavior, identify common performance issues, and use profiling and tracing tools to analyze I/O workloads on HPC systems.

Attendees (only from German universities) will receive guest access to the Mogon NHR system.

Format: online via BigBlueButton (Link will be shared via email)

Eligibility: Exclusive to members of German academic institutions. The organizers reserve the right to revoke non-eligible registrations!

Key Topics:

• Introduction to parallel I/O and storage
• Best I/O practices
• Darshan I/O characterization tool
• DFTracer I/O profiling tool

Prerequisites: Basic understanding of the command line and Slurm

Registration Fee:  None (exclusive to academic institution members)

Organization: Organized by the NHR@SW.

Date: 2 – 4 November 2026