Final Configuration & Quote (yea!)
At Last ... in time for Christmas Lights?
- via Platform/Rocks technical support: PBS/LSF currently can manage jobs at the core unit for dual core processors. It is expected that in Q1 of 2007, PBS/LSF will support scheduling jobs at the core unit for quad core processors.
| Quote | 36 node HPCC by Dell | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Nodes | a total of 36 nodes, 72 cpus, 288 cores | ||
| 32 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355 2.66 Ghz), 4 Gb@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata/SAS | light, 256 cores | |
| 04 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355, 2.66 Ghz), 16 Gb@667Mhz | single 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata/SAS | heavy, 32 cores | |
| 02 Xeon, 2*(Quad Core 5355 2.66 Ghz), 2 Gb@667Mhz | dual 80 Gb 7.2K RPM Sata/SAS | head&io on UPS | |
| OS | redhat Head: AS 4, IO: As 4, Light: WS43 EMT64, Heavy: WS43 EMT64 | ||
| Storage | 2 MD1000 with split backplanes, 7*36 Gb 15K RPM Raid 0 disks for each heavy node | high performance | |
| Storage | none (10 TB will be purchased & serviced via SAN) | mass | |
| InfiniBand | 16 nodes + head node | 24 port switch | |
| Software | Platform/OCS by Platform Computing | integrated | |
| Support | 3 yrs: cluster care for OCS; work nodes 8x5xNBD; switches, head&io nodes are 24x7x4. | ||