Hardware

Hardware

Hardware Components of the System:

Capacity

Computational and Storage capacity of our system can be summarized as following:

  • 46 x 2 = 92 CPUs
  • 46 x 2 x 4 = 368 Cores
  • 46 x 16 GB = 736 GB Memory
  • 46 x 146 GB = 6.5 TB Local Disk (halved by RAID)
  • 2 x 3 TB = 6 TB Common Storage Area (halved by RAID)

Components

  • Servers
  • HP ProLiant DL360 G5 (Used for system management)
  • Intel Xeon 5110 Dual-Core CPU (1.60 GHz, 4 MB L2 Cache, 1066 MHz FSB)
  • 2 GB Memory
  • 2 x 72 GB = 144 GB Local Disk (RAID)
  • 2 x HP ProLiant DL380 G5 (Used for storage management)
  • 2 x Intel Xeon E5430 Quad-Core CPU (2.66 GHz, 12 MG L2 Cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
  • 16 GB Memory
  • 2 x 146 GB = 292 GB Local Disk (RAID)

Computation Nodes

  • 46 x HP ProLiant BL460c (One of them is used as a user interface)
  • 2 x Intel Xeon E5430 Quad-Core CPU (2.66 GHz, 12 MP L2 Cache, 1333 MHz FSB)
  • 16 GB Memory
  • 2 x 146 GB = 292 GB Local Disk (RAID)

Storage

  • 4 x HP MSA60
  • 12 x 250 GB = 3 TB
  • 7200 rpm SATA disks

Network Switches

  • 2 x 3Com 4200G 24-port Gigabit Ethernet Switch
  • 1 x Voltaire 9240D 24-port Infiniband Switch