Our Hardware and Cluster
Summary
- 216 total CPU cores in 42 nodes
- 336 GBs distributed memory (8 GBs per node)
- 8 TBs disk space in raid 5-0 configuration
- Redhat EL 4 diskless configuration
- PBS job control
- Gigabit Ethernet interconnect
Specifications
· 2 x Dell PowerEdge Rack 4210 cabinets. Each rack is a full size 42U rack that holds up to 2,000 pounds of 19” wide rack mountable servers and peripherals.
· 1 x Dell PowerEdge M1000e Blade Chassis. Each chassis is a 10U blade enclosure and can hold up to 16 half height blade servers. The M1000e is populated with 10 blade servers. Consumes less than 19% of the energy of similarly configured 1U servers.
· 2 x Dell PowerEdge 1855 Blade Chassis. Each chassis is a 7U blade enclosure and can hold 10 full height blade servers. Both 1855 blade chassis are full populated. Each chassis consumes 16% less energy than similarly equipped 1U servers.
· 10 x Dell PowerEdge M600 diskless blade servers. Each server has two quad-core Intel Xeon 2.66 Ghz processors (8 cores total) and 8 GBs of memory.
· 20 x Dell PowerEdge 1955 diskless blade servers. Each server has two dual-core Intel Xeon 2.33 Ghz processors (4 cores total) with 8 GBs of memory.
· 10 x Dell PowerEdge 1950 diskless 1U servers. Each server has two dual-core Intel Xeon 3.20 Ghz processors (4 cores total) with 8 GBs of memory.
· 2 x Dell PowerEdge 1950 1U servers. Each server has two dual-core Intel Xeon 3.20 Ghz processors (4 cores total), 8 GBs of memory, and two 150 GB SAS hard drives in raid.
· 2 x Dell MD1000 PowerVault Disk Storage Enclosures. Each enclosure is fully populated with 15 300GB SAS 10,000 RPM hard drives for a total of over 4 terabytes disk space per enclosure.