4.3. Grid’5000¶
4.3.1. Background¶
Grid’5000 1 is a large-scale and versatile testbed for experiment-driven research in all areas of computer science, with a focus on parallel and distributed computing including Cloud, HPC and Big Data.
The platform gives access to approximately to 1000 machines grouped in 30 clusters geographically distributed in 8 sites.
The Open access 2 program allows external users to get an account on the platform.
4.3.2. Hardware¶
Due to the numerous use cases the platform addresses, servers and network configuration 3 may differ between different clusters but remain homogeneous inside the same cluster.
