Computing Resources
Bioinformatics Cluster at the Information and Telecommunication Technology Center
The Bioinformatics Cluster at ITTC was built as a 16-node dual-processor Beowulf cluster connected with 25 terrabytes of storage, constructed in 2005. The system was implemented to provide a high-performance computing environment, coupled with high-availability storage and backup solution. The system was expanded in 2006 with the addition of 64 quad-core machines and again in 2009 with 48 eight-core machines.
| Bioinformatics Cluster at the Information and Telecommunication Technology Center |
| Number of Nodes | 176 |
| Processors Total | 768 |
| Theoretical Peak Performance | 6600 GFlops |
| Total Peak Performance | 4667 GFlops |
| Total Memory | 1408 GB |
| Total Disk | 22528 GB |
| Operating System | Linux |
| Interconnect Technology | Gigabit Ethernet (x2), InfiniBand on sel |
| Communication Software | MPICH2, MVAPICH, Ope |
| Main Application Area | Bioinformatics |
| Year Installed | 2005 |
| Each Node |
| Type of Processor | Intel Xeon EM64T |
| Processors per Node | 2x64 - 4x64 - 8x48 |
| Frequency | 2x3.2 Ghz 4x2.8 Ghz 8x2.833GHz |
| Node Peak Performance | 2x7GFlops 4x14GFlops 8x75GFlops |
| Memory per Node | 2x4096 MB- 4x6144 MB- 8x16384 MB |
| Disk per Node | 128x146 GB , 48x80 G |
| Filesystem Node |
| Type of Processor | Intel Xeon EM64T |
| Processors | 2 |
| Frequency | 3200 Mhz |
| Total Disk | 146 GB |
| Filesystem (SAN) |
| Dual RAID Controllers |
| 4GB Cache per Controller |
| 17T (10000 GB) SATA RAID 5 (6+1) |
| 15T (15000 GB) Fibre Channel RAID 5 (7+1) |
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ITTC Development Cluster
The ITTC Development Cluster is a 16-node dual-processor Beowulf cluster connected with 3 terrabytes of storage, constructed in 2005. The system was implemented to provide a high-performance computing environment, coupled with high-availability storage and backup solution.
This cluster originally operated at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City, Missouri. It was recommissioned in 2009 for testing new technologies and services for ITTC.
| ITTC Development Cluster |
| Number of Nodes | 17 |
| Processors Total | 34 |
| Theoretical Peak Performance | 204 GFlops |
| Total Peak Performance | 125 GFlops |
| Total Memory | 68 GB |
| Total Disk | 2482 GB |
| Operating System | Linux |
| Interconnect Technology | Gigabit Ethernet (x2) |
| Communication Software | MPICH2 |
| Main Application Area | Networking and Systems Research |
| Year Installed | 2005 |
| Each Node |
| Type of Processor | Intel Xeon EM64T |
| Processors per Node | 2 |
| Frequency | 3200 Mhz |
| Node Peak Performance | 7.0 GFlops |
| Memory per Node | 4096 MB |
| Disk per Node | 146 GB |
| Filesystem Node |
| Type of Processor | Intel Xeon EM64T |
| Processors | 2 |
| Frequency | 3200 Mhz |
| Total Disk | 146 GB |
| Filesystem (SAN) |
| Single RAID Controller |
| 2GB Cache per Controller |
| 3T (3000 GB) SATA RAID 5 (6+1) |
| 500 GB Fibre Channel RAID 5 (4+1) |
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benchmark
| benchmark |
| Processor 1 | 3.2 GhZ Xeon, EM64T |
| Processor 2 | 3.2 GhZ Xeon, EM64T |
| Memory | 4 GB |
| Installed | 2005-03-31 |
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explorer
Explorer is dual login server. The system is exactly like fusion, and its role. Firefox has a backup with the name firefox.
| explorer |
| Processor 1 | Intel Xeon 3.2 Ghz EM64T |
| Processor 2 | Intel Xeon 3.2 Ghz EM64T |
| Memory | 4GB |
| Installed | 2006-06-23 |
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firefox
Firefox is dual login server. The system is exactly like fusion, and its role. Firefox has a backup with the name explorer.
| firefox |
| Processor 1 | Intel Xeon 3.2 Ghz EM64T |
| Processor 2 | Intel Xeon 3.2 Ghz EM64T |
| Memory | 4 GB |
| Installed | 2005-05-23 |
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freestyle
Freestyle is quad stand-alone system for Matlab and serial job use.
| freestyle |
| Processor 1 | Intel Xeon 3.2 Ghz EM64T x2 |
| Processor 2 | Intel Xeon 3.2 Ghz EM64T x2 |
| Memory | 16GB |
| Disk 1 | 10k-73GB Ultra320 |
| Disk 2 | 10k-73GB Ultra320 |
| Disk 3 | 10k-73GB Ultra320 |
| Installed | 2005-05-23 |
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