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Explore the potential of on-demand data access, rapid network connectivity, and visualization on high-resolution displays to revolutionize computational science. Partnerships with top institutions. Scalable GeoWall displays offer cost-efficient solutions. Future technologies discussed.
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GeoWallsand beyond… Jason Leigh, Luc Renambot, Andrew Johnson,Nicholas Schwarz, Arun Rao
Disks, Networks, and Displays are getting cheaper • Think about the kinds of research problems you can solve if you lived in a world with: • On demand access of large data sets from massive data servers (like USGS EDC) • Rapid access of large data sets over emerging national and international high speed networks (like StarLight, National Lambda Rail) • Visualization of large, layered and time-series data sets on infinite resolution displays (like GeoWall 2s, etc..)
A virtual computer built from clusters of computers that serve as giant storage/compute/visualization peripherals attached to a backplane that consists of ultra high speed deterministic networks. • Goals: • Develop an end-to-end solution: understand how to develop such a system (from hardware to middleware to applications) eliminating all the bottlenecks. • Explore how this new architecture can effect dramatic change in the way we solve computational science problems in a number of e-Science initiatives: NSF EarthScope, NIH Biomedical Informatics Research Network, NSF ORION Ocean Observatories • Partners: CALIT2, UCSD, Scripps, USGS EDC, NCMIR
StarLight CA*net4 NORDUnet CA*net4 IEEAF/ Tyco IEEAF/Tyco CESnet UK-Light TeraGrid APAN NetherLight Other DataTAG 2.5Gb and 10Gb Links 2.5Gb and 10Gb Links (Anticipated) Co-location space for multi-terabyte disk servers and tens of gigabits of network bandwidth, connected to all federal networks and international high speed optical networks. www.startap.net
National Lambda Rail www.nationallambdarail.org
GeoWall 2 • 10 PCs – 8 to drive the 5x3 array of 20” LCDs. 1 PC to act as a console. 1 PC as a backup. • Each PC has GeForce FX5600. • 18 LCDs – 15 to use. 3 as spares. • 16 DVI fiber optic extension cables – 30ft: ~$400 per cable. • 1 Gigabit network switch - ~$4500 • KVM Switch - $2400 • Total cost ~ : $67900 • Using 19” LCDs and older GeForce Ti graphics should bring this price down to: $48180 • GeoWall2’s are Scalable. You buy as many PCs and tiles to create the resolution you want.
Scripps OptIPuter2 IBM T221 displays (18M pixels – 7680x2400)
Single small form-factor PC Dual-output for stereo visualization (GeoWall) LCD array for high-resolution display (7.7 Mpixels)
Personal GeoWall 2 • Personal GeoWall 2 = GeoWall + “Array of LCD panels” • Single 32 bit PC ~ $2000 (2G RAM) • Quadro4 980XL ~ $500 (for stereo) • Quadro4 NVS 400 ~ $400 (for tiled graphics) • Mount ~ $500 • 2560x2048 ~ $3200 ($800 each 19” LCD • Or 3200x2400 ~ $5700 ($1300 each 20” LCD) • In the near future: Athlon64 or Opteron, Quadro FX 4000 and Quadro FX 600 PCI • Next year: PCI Express graphics cards may allow us to support mult-headed graphics better
LambdaVision • 11x5 LCD tiled display (17600x6000) (~17 ft wide) • 100 million pixels • 30 node dual processor Opteron • 2G RAM, 2 TB disk per node • Dual gigabit networking • All future GeoWall 2s will use 64-bit processors- there is no reason to go back
Conclusion • Think about how the GeoWall Community should evolve? • Think about the kinds of research problems you can solve if you lived in a world with: • On demand access of large data sets from massive data servers (like USGS EDC) • Rapid access of large data sets over emerging national and international high speed networks (like StarLight, National Lambda Rail) • Visualization of large, layered and time-series data sets on infinite resolution displays (like GeoWall 2s, etc..)
On a lighter note:Game Programming on the GeoWall with DarkBASIC www.evl.uic.edu/cavern/agave/DB_STEREO_DEPLOY
