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Computing Resources. Joachim Wagner 2008-07-24. Overview. MT Group Cluster. CNGL Cluster. Desktop PCs. School Cluster. Overview. MT Group Cluster. CNGL Cluster. Desktop PCs. School Cluster. Desktop PCs. From 5-year-old PCs Pentium 4 32 bit 1 GB RAM 80 GB hard disk

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Computing Resources

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  1. Computing Resources Joachim Wagner 2008-07-24

  2. Overview MT Group Cluster CNGL Cluster DesktopPCs School Cluster

  3. Overview MT Group Cluster CNGL Cluster DesktopPCs School Cluster

  4. Desktop PCs • From 5-year-old PCs • Pentium 4 • 32 bit • 1 GB RAM • 80 GB hard disk • Projects without equipment budget • Guests • To new CNGL PCs • Core 2 Duo 2.8 – 3.0 GHz • 4 GM RAM • 2 x 320 GB hard disk • 64 bit as on the Clusters

  5. Overview MT Group Cluster CNGL Cluster DesktopPCs School Cluster

  6. Current MT Group Cluster • 4 computing nodes • 2 Intel Xeon 5110 Dual-Core • 1.6 GHz, 4MB cache • 16 cores in total • 2 nodes with 4 GB RAM each • 2 nodes with 8 GB RAM each • Frontend / Login node • maia.computing.dcu.ie • Storage • 2.5 TB • RAID 5 protection against disk failure Frontend / Login maia 4 4 cores each: 4 4 8 8 #: GB RAM Storage 500 500 500 500 500 500 Usable: 5 x 500 GB P RAID 5: 2.5 TB

  7. Overview MT Group Cluster CNGL Cluster DesktopPCs School Cluster

  8. School Cluster • Scientific Computing &Complex Systems Modelling • Ray Welshe • 56 nodes • 2 Intel Xeon E5430 Quad-Core • 2.66 GHz, 2x6 MB cache • 8 GB RAM each • 448 cores in total • Storage • External RAID • Dell MD3000 -> ~ 12 TB • No details on sci-sym website

  9. Overview MT Group Cluster CNGL Cluster DesktopPCs School Cluster

  10. Future CNGL Cluster • Tender spec being prepared • 12 new machines • 2 Intel Xeon E5420 Quad-Core • 2.5 GHz, 2x6MB cache • 96 cores in total • 10 nodes with 16 GB RAM each • 2 nodes with 32 GB RAM each • Storage • 18 TB, see next slide • Integration into existing MT cluster Frontend / Login New maia 16 8 cores each: 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 16 32 32 4 cores each: Old 4 4 4 8 8 #: GB RAM

  11. Planned Storage • Protect against disk failures • Raw: 22.5 TB • User: 18.0 TB • No backup • Use external CVS repository for development • Copy results of experiments • Temporary files • Running experiments 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 User data: 6 x 750 GB P User data: 6 x 750 GB P RAID 5: 4.5 TB RAID 5: 4.5 TB 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 750 User data: 6 x 750 GB P User data: 6 x 750 GB P RAID 5: 4.5 TB RAID 5: 4.5 TB 750 1 x Hot spare 750 1 x Hot spare Linear: 18.0 TB24/30 disks = 80%

  12. Overview MT Group Cluster CNGL Cluster DesktopPCs School Cluster

  13. ICHEC Resources • Walton – 479 node cluster • 2 x AMD Opteron 250 2.4 GHz • 4 and 8 GB nodes • 958 cores in total • Hamilton – single machine • 32 x Itanium2 1.5 GHz • 256 GB RAM • 32 cores in total • Two IBM Blue Gene systems • PowerPC 440 and 450 (0.70-0.85 GHz) • Only 512 MB RAM per Core • 6144 cores in total

  14. Progress Local Cluster

  15. Questions ? Contact: Joachim Wagner CNGL System Administrator jwagner@computing.dcu.ie (01) 700 6915

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