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NCSA Intel 64 Linux Cluster Abe Technical Summary

Production date: July 9, 2007

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COMPONENT DESCRIPTION
Hardware & Networking Architecture Blades (Linux Cluster)
Peak FLOPs 89.47 TF
Number of Blades
Number of CPUs (cores)
1200
9600
Processor
  • Intel 64 (Clovertown) 2.33 GHz dual socket quad core
  • 1333 MHz front side bus (per socket)
  • 8 MB L2 cache (2 MB per core)
Memory
  • Per node (per core): 8 GB (1 GB) 600 nodes/ 16 GB (2 GB) 600 nodes
  • Type: DDR2
Network Interconnect InfiniBand
Parallel Filesystem Lustre (100 TB)
Software Operating System Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (Linux 2.6.9)
Compilers
  • Intel: Fortran77/90/95 C C++
  • GNU: Fortran77 C C++
Batch System Torque (based on PBS)/Moab
Environment Control SoftEnv
Grid Software Provided via Coordinated TeraGrid Software and Services (CTSS)
Policies/User Limits Interactive scratch quota None currently
Charging Algorithm
  # SUs = 8 * #Nodes * Time

  where
  SUs  = Service Units
  Time = Total Wall Clock Hours
  

Recommended Use Guidelines

The NCSA Intel 64 Linux Cluster Abe is intended to provide a capability resource for computationally challenging problems. Production jobs should typically use at least 1000 cores. Requests for extended access for large scale runs is encouraged.