System feautures


HARDWARE
Cluster Briareo BaCiuco Opteron Helium
Model IBM 1300 Cluster IBM cluster Opteron Celestica/Sun Supermicro Oxyria
Server Node IBM x342 (2 PIII 1.4 GHz) IBM 340 (2 PIII 1.1 GHz) Opteron Supermicro (2 Xeon 2.8 GHz)
Computing nodes 28 IBM x330 16 IBM x330 14+22 16
Number of PEs 28x2 PIII 1.4 GHz 16x2 PIII 1.1 GHz 14x2 AMD-246 2.0 GHz
22x2 AMD-246 2.6 GHz
9x2 Xeon 3.0 GHz (64 bit)
7x2 Xeon 3.06 GHz (32 bit)
L2 Cache 512 Kb per CPU full speed 512 Kb per CPU full speed 1024 Kb per CPU full speed 1024 Kb per CPU full speed (64)
512 Kb per CPU full speed (32)
RAM 28 GB (1 GB/node) 16 GB (1 GB/node) 144 GB (4 GB/node) 32 GB (2 GB/node)
Disk space 1.3 TB 860 GB 4.5 TB 4.0 TB
Internal Network Myricom LAN Card Myricom LAN Card Myricom LAN Card 2x1 Gbit ethernet
SOFTWARE
Cluster Briareo BaCiuco Opteron Helium
Operating System Linux (RH 7.3) Linux (SL 3.0.5) Linux (Suse 9.2) Linux (FC3)
Kernel Version 2.4.20-30smp 2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.cernsmp 2.6.8-24.11-default 2.6.10-1.766_FC3smp
Cluster Software CSM Version 1.3.0.20 pxe+ks+C3 pxe+ks+C3 pxe+ks+C3
Parallel Filesystem GPFS NFS NFS + PVFS(testing) NFS + PVFS(testing)
Myrinet GM Version 1.6.3 - GM Version 2.0.18 -
MPI Library MPICH-GM Version 1.2.5.9 - LAM 7.0.6 -
Available compilers Portland Group Fortran F90, C, C++; GNU compilers; Intel F90 compiler Portland Group Fortran F90, C, C++; GNU compilers; Intel F90 compiler Portland Group Fortran F90, C, C++; GNU compilers; Intel F90 compiler GNU compilers; Intel F90 compiler
Queue System PBS+MAUI (parallel jobs) TORQUE+MAUI (parallel jobs) TORQUE+MAUI (parallel jobs) TORQUE+MAUI (serial jobs)
Parallel libraries MPI MPI MPI -