====== ISC'20 ======

===== The IO-500 and the Virtual Institute of I/O =====

| Date | Thursday, July 23rd|
| Time | 16:00 BST, 08:00 US pacific, 11:00 US eastern, 23:00 CST (China)|
| Venue | Virtual | 

<color #ed1c24>Impact of COVID-19: The release of the list will take place regardless of ISC canceling BoF sessions.
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This is the periodic ISC'20 list release but earlier than the [[http://isc-hpc.com/|ISC-HPC conference]] when we typically release the list to prevent conflict with their digital program.

The event will be held using BlackBoard, which is a browser-based solution.
Please register via the [[https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeBtdB9jxihqeEEV7yhChd517dZYnuKiemMC7GzUwUq2cFwcQ/viewform?usp=sf_link|Google Form]], we will then provide connection details 48-hours before the event.


===== Abstract =====

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The IO500 is quickly becoming the de facto benchmarking standard for HPC storage.  Developed two years ago, the IO500 has released two official lists so far. A BoF highlight is the presentation of the fourth IO-500 list. 

The general purpose of this BoF is to foster the IO500 and VI4IO communities to ensure forward progress towards the common goals of creating, sharing, and benefiting from a large corpus of shared storage data. We also serve as a repository of detailed information about the production storage system architectures over time as a knowledge base for other researchers and system designers to use. 

Goals of the BoF are to 1) reveal the current IO-500 list and provide highlights and insight;
2) advertise the community hub but also discuss and steer the direction of the community effort; 3) to discuss the benefit and direction of the efforts within the community.

The IO-500 benchmark consists of data and metadata benchmarks to identify performance boundaries for optimized and suboptimal applications.
Together with comprehensive data from sites, supercomputers, and storage, in-depth analysis of system characteristics are tracked by the list and can be analyzed.
In contrast to other lists, the IO-500 collects the execution scripts for providing means of result verification and sharing best practices for data centers.


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Goals of the Virtual Institute for I/O are:
  * Provide a platform for I/O researchers and enthusiasts for exchanging information
  * Foster international collaboration in the field of high-performance I/O
  * Track, and encourage, the deployment of large storage systems by hosting information about high-performance storage systems

Expected HPC audience are 1) I/O experts from data centers and industry, 2) researchers/engineers working on high-performance I/O for data centers, 3) domain scientists and computer scientists interested in discussing I/O issues.

The outcome of this BoF will steer the direction of the community efforts.


===== Agenda =====

We will have a series of interactive talks and discussions.
Details will be announced soon.

  * The Virtual Institute for I/O – Julian Kunkel
  * What's new with IO500 – George Markomanolis
  * Community lightning talks (5 minutes each)
  * Analysis of the IO500 data – John Bent
  * Announcing Winners – Jay Lofstead, Andreas Dilger, George Markomanolis, John Bent, Julian Kunkel
  * Roadmap for IO500 – Andreas Dilger
  * Discussion and Voice of the community – Jay Lofstead