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IBM 1350 Cluster Expansion. Doug Johnson Senior Systems Developer. Recommendation Summary. Expand the existing IBM E1350 cluster with a BioSciences focus: The proposed expansion, while compatible with our existing system, will have features that form a good fit for Biosciences
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IBM 1350 Cluster Expansion Doug Johnson Senior Systems Developer
Recommendation Summary • Expand the existing IBM E1350 cluster with a BioSciences focus: • The proposed expansion, while compatible with our existing system, will have features that form a good fit for Biosciences • Proposed expansion would propel the system’s rank to 4th in U.S. academic supercomputing centers • System would be ranked 21st in the overall Top 500 • Will provide researchers with a total of 59TF peak performance • Increased memory from 8.4TB to 17.5TB • Add 240TB of integrated storage • System will be set up for dynamic changes in the operating environment to benefit innovation by the biosciences community • The system will also be suited to many other applications and will fit into our current environment including staff knowledge and capacity
Glenn Cluster Upgrade - Upgrade Details • The cluster expansion will add approximately 500 nodes. • 2 quad-core CPUs per system, 2.3 GHz likely clock speed • 16/24 GB memory (24 GB in ~1/3 of the systems.) • 20 Gbit/sec IB network • 1 Gigabit Ethernet • 500 GB or larger internal disk drive • There will also be approximately 5 larger memory systems with a total of 16 processor cores and 64 GB of memory. • Newer versions of hardware for the IB network will deliver 20 Gb/sec throughput to each cluster node, with a communication latency that is less than half compared to the existing network. • The newer generation of IB network will integrate with the existing network. This will allow parallel applications to be run across the new and existing nodes.