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| = Supercomputing framework at IFCA = | = Supercomputing at IFCA = |
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| Send any question to res_support@ifca.unican.es | Please, send any question to res_support@ifca.unican.es |
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| == Why supercomputing at IFCA == | |
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| == INTRO: 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 Española de Supercomputacion = RES) coordinated by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). The node was installed at IFCA datacenter room, and supported by IFCA team in a joint effort with ATC group. |
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| Supercomputing is more specific than High Performance Computing. | The ALTAMIRA node was upgraded in June 2012 with the installation of a new cluster at IFCA datacenter room. |
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| IFCA entered the supercomputing field with the installation of the ALTAMIRA node of the Spanish Supercomputing Network (Red Española de Supercomputacion = RES) coordinated by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). | IFCA also offers support for large and performant storage, as well as advanced network support. |
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| You can find the information about the RES here, and about ALTAMIRA here | == ALTAMIRA SUPERCOMPUTING NODE AT UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA == |
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| 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 (see http://www.unican.es/WebUC/Unidades/Investigacion/scti/ssc/ ) |
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| == WHAT IS CHANGING (March 2012) == | The current system includes: |
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| The University of Cantabria within the Campus of Excellence got funds in the Innocampus call to renew the supercomputing node. | A cluster with 158 servers, each one with 2 Intel Xeon SB processors, for a total of more than 2500 cores, interconnected with Infiniband, with a power over 50 Tflops. A subcluster with 5 GPU servers, each one with 2 nVidia Tesla GPUs. Another cluster offering IBM Power7 cpus, with more than 4 Tflops |
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| The new node will be installed along Q2-2012 at IFCA, and will have a raw capacity of around 50 Tflops and 2500 Intel Sandybridge cores (E5-2670) with 4GB/core and FDR Infiniband interconnection. Access to fast storage will be also offered, offfering typical capacities in the order 10-500 Tb to projects. |
== HOW TO USE THE SUPERCOMPUTING NODE == |
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| The node will offer 25% of its capacity to the RES open calls. The node will support University researchers, but will be also open to external projects. IN PARTICULAR, COLLABORATION WITH RESEARCH DIVISIONS OF OTHER INSTITUTIONS AND COMPANIES IS WELCOME == FIELDS WHERE SUPERCOMPUTING IS USEFUL == The European EESI project [[http://www.eesi-project.eu/]] has recently analyzed the supercomputing requirements in many research fields. The following reports are available: * Engineering: [[attachment:EESI_Industria.pdf]] * Clima-Geo: [[attachment:EESI_Clima.pdf]] * Physics-Chemistry: [[attachment:EESI_Fisica.pdf]] * Bio-Health: [[attachment:EESI_Bio.pdf]] == Access == == Technical documents == * [[/Technical/Papers |Articles]]. |
The User Guide is available here |
Supercomputing at IFCA
Welcome to the support pages on supercomputing at IFCA.
Please, send any question to res_support@ifca.unican.es
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 Española de Supercomputacion = RES) coordinated by the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). The node was installed at IFCA datacenter room, and supported by IFCA team in a joint effort with ATC group.
The ALTAMIRA node was upgraded in June 2012 with the installation of a new cluster at IFCA datacenter room.
IFCA also offers support for large and performant storage, as well as advanced network support.
ALTAMIRA SUPERCOMPUTING NODE AT 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 (see http://www.unican.es/WebUC/Unidades/Investigacion/scti/ssc/ )
The current system includes:
A cluster with 158 servers, each one with 2 Intel Xeon SB processors, for a total of more than 2500 cores, interconnected with Infiniband, with a power over 50 Tflops. A subcluster with 5 GPU servers, each one with 2 nVidia Tesla GPUs. Another cluster offering IBM Power7 cpus, with more than 4 Tflops
HOW TO USE THE SUPERCOMPUTING NODE
The User Guide is available here