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Linux Clusters
Cluster Software
The CRC maintains standard GNU compilers, OpenMPI, and MVAPCHX version 1.92. The CRC also maintains a two-seat floating license of Intel Cluster Studio XE - 2013.
Various software libraries and applications are maintained for the Linux cluster environments, some of these include: FFTW3, Gromacs, Schroedinger, NWChem, Quantum Espresso, and more. Other software applications can be installed upon request with the condition that the user be able to provide appropriate licensing.
Windows Users : You will need
additional software
to connect to the CRC Linux HPC cluster environments.
Cluster Hardware
Hodor - SandyBridge Linux Cluster
32 Dell PowerEdge 720 compute nodes.
PCIe 3.0 expansion bus
Dual 64bit, Intel E5-2643 3.3GHz SandyBridge processors (8 cores total)
64GB of RAM per node.
Dual 146GB 15K RPM drives in Mirror Raid configuration
Private 1Gbit Ethernet Administration Network
Private 56Gbit FDR 1-to-1 InfiniBand Research Network
Single Dell PowerEdge 720 head node
PCIe 3.0 expansion bus
Dual 64bit, Intel E5-2650 2.0GHz SandyBridge processors (16 cores total)
64GB of RAM
Dual 1TB 7200 RPM drives in Mirror Raid configuration
Private 1Gbit Ethernet Administration Network
Private 56Gbit FDR 1-to-1 InfiniBand Research Network
Public 10Gbit Ethernet Network
Rocks+ for Cluster Management
Dell NSS-HA storage appliance
Mounted to HPC resources via NFS over private InfiniBand
Provides 110TB of usable storage.
XFS File System
MOAB Cluster Suite version 6.2
RHEL 6.2 OS
Bran - SandyBridge Linux Experimental Cluster
4 Dell PowerEdge 720 compute nodes.
PCIe 3.0 expansion bus
Dual 64bit, Intel E5-2643 3.3GHz SandyBridge processors (8 cores total)
64GB of RAM per node.
Dual 146GB 15K RPM drives in Mirror Raid configuration
Private 1Gbit Ethernet Administration Network
Private 56Gbit FDR 1-to-1 InfiniBand Research Network
Single Dell PowerEdge 720 head node
PCIe 3.0 expansion bus
Dual 64bit, Intel E5-2650 2.0GHz SandyBridge processors (16 cores total)
64GB of RAM
Dual 1TB 7200 RPM drives in Mirror Raid configuration
Private 1Gbit Ethernet Administration Network
Private 56Gbit FDR 1-to-1 InfiniBand Research Network
Public 10Gbit Ethernet Network
Rocks+ for Cluster Management
Dell NSS-HA storage appliance
Mounted to HPC resources via NFS over private InfiniBand
Provides 110TB of usable storage.
XFS File System
MOAB Cluster Suite version 5
RHEL 6.2 OS
