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+HPC Quick Setup
+===============
+
+This noteset is focused on addressing this one question:
+How to quickly set up an HPC platform out of a number of servers?
+
+We are collecting tools, how-tos, etc.
+
+
+
+## Software
+
+Several tools to consider:
+
+
+### OpenHPC
+
+https://openhpc.community/
+
+OpenHPC project provides a lot of pre-built packages to install to
+provide software & capabilities on HPC.
+
+
+### Exascale Project
+
+xSDK: Extreme-scale Scientific Software Development Kit
+
+https://xsdk.info/
+
+
+
+
+## Provisioning, Management, Orchestration
+
+### Magic Castle
+
+https://github.com/ComputeCanada/magic_castle
+
+>   "Magic Castle uses the open-source software Terraform and HashiCorp
+    Language (HCL) to define the virtual machines, volumes, and
+    networks that are required to replicate a virtual HPC
+    infrastructure."
+
+
+
+## Services
+
+### XCRI: XSEDE Cyberinfrastructure Resource Integration
+
+https://www.xsede.org/ecosystem/xcri-mission
+