Chuan Wang

Highly experience in Linux and HPC system administrator for 20 years

Research Methods Specialist
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health - Toronto, ON
August 2015 to 2022
Administration of High Performance Computing Cluster
Administration of High Performance Storage
Setup and administration of Hadoop Cluster Platform
Setup and administration of Neuroinformatic Platform with Oracle's server virtualization
Achievement
• Optimizing computing cluster with 10x computing throughput
• Implemented high availability on critical services
• Managed the implementation of monitor system with nagios, cacti, ganglia and splunk to ensure
consistent performance
• Migrated PBS/Torque to SLURM
Senior System Administrator
Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences - ShangHai
2004 to 2014
• Managed all network hardware and equipment, including routers, firewalls, switches, and UPSs, ensured
high availability and security for all IT assets.
• Deployed and maintained 50+ servers in a mixed Linux and
Windows environment 
• Deployed and maintained high performance computing cluster
• Planned Capacity for storage space, memory, processing power and network communication speed
• Administrated high performance storage, data backup ,disaster recovery 
• Deployed, maintained and enhanced web based portals and applications
• Supported Personal desktop and laptop in windows, mac and linux mixed platforms
• Produced technical documentation
• Provided training, guidance, and technical assistance to team members and research groups in their
activities and resolution of problems. 
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Achievement
• Enhanced postfix email system with anti-spam function for 4000 mailboxes, decreased 90% spam mail. 
• Cutted down over 80% server budget with Xen, KVM and Hyper-v virtualization to deploy application
server, 
• Installed and maintain 50 nodes high performance computing cluster for lab research group
• Managed the implementation of monitor system with nagios, cacti, ganglia and splunk to ensure
consistent performanc

PhD in Computational Biology Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences  

Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Science East China Normal University 

Master's Degree in Environmental Science East China Normal University