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location: Supercomputing

Supercomputing at IFCA

Welcome to the support pages on supercomputing at IFCA.

Why supercomputing at IFCA

IFCA entered the supercomputing field with the installation in 2007 of the ALTAMIRA node of the University of Cantabria within the Spanish Supercomputing Network (Red EspaƱola de Supercomputacion = RES) coordinated by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). The node systems were installed at IFCA datacenter room, and its operation supported by IFCA team in a joint effort with ATC group. The first ALTAMIRA node system was a cluster of 256 IBM PowerPC JS20 servers, with a total of 512 cores, part of the first Mare Nostrum supercomputer installed previously at BSC. This system made into the top500.org systems in 2007, and operated succesfully within the RES until 2012.

The ALTAMIRA node was upgraded in June 2012 with the installation of a new system at IFCA datacenter room. The system was presented on 3rd October 2012 (see the video at http://www.rtve.es/alacarta/videos/telecantabria/telecantabria-03-10-12/1542705 (Telecantabria 2 - 03/10/12, min. 8:02 )

Our supercomputing services also include support for large and high-performance data storage, advanced network support, and adaptation and optimization of parallel applications.

ALTAMIRA SUPERCOMPUTING NODE AT THE UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA

The supercomputing node at the University of Cantabria is named ALTAMIRA.

Its use is offered as part of the Santander Supercomputing Services within the Scientific-Technical Services at University of Cantabria.

The current systems in the ALTAMIRA node include:

ALTAMIRA is connected to an on-line storage system offering to users capacities up to Petabytes under the GPFS parallel file system, and unlimited archiving on tapes with 20 years lifetime.

See a short video here: https://vimeo.com/138956695 or you can download it here video.m2ts

High resolution photos can be found here below (courtesy of Rafael Marco):

Front View

Front View and Node

Node

Refrigeration

Team

HOW TO ACCESS TO SANTANDER SUPERCOMPUTING SERVICES

Santander Supercomputing Services are available for:

Please, acknowledge the Usage Terms.

USING SANTANDER SUPERCOMPUTING SERVICES

If you already have access granted for execution of applications, see the ALTAMIRA Userguide.

If you need support for adaptation of applications, or need more information, please contact ssc@unican.es

Contact for this page: marco@ifca.unican.es