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NPS High Performance Computing Center

NPS High Performance Computing Center
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High Performance Computing - Cluster & Resources

NPS HPC provides and supports a wide range of computing resources for the research community. All machines are available for allocated use unless specified. Detailed system information on each machine is described below.

HPC Resources
anastasia cluster

ANASTASIA - Oceanography Cluster:

  • 4 nodes (8 processors per node) = 32 PE*
  • 4 dual core 1.8 GHZ AMD 865 Opteron / node
  • 20 GB of PC3200 DDR RAM / node
  • 1.15 TB accessible RAID 5 storage
  • Gigabit 10/100/1000 BaseT NIC
  • 11-node capacity (7 more would give 88 PE)
  • Fedora Linux (core 3 kernel 2.6.12-1)
  • Built by PSSC Labs
  • Purpose : Temperature / Salinity distribution in the ocean (important for vessel buoyancy)
wipeout cluster

WIPEOUT - MOVES Cluster:

  • 8 nodes (4 processors per node) = 32 PE*
  • 2 dual core 1.0 GHZ AMD 270 Opteron / node
  • 8 GB of RAM/node
  • CentOS Linux 4.2
  • Sun Sunfire V20z servers
  • Purpose : Modeling of Virtual Environments and Simulation
src cluster

SRC-6 - ECE Cluster:

  • Dual "MAP" Board (reconfigurable processor)
  • 2 Fedora Linux dual-processors
  • Translates from high-level (C) into logic circuits
  • "Field Programmable Gate Array" (FPGA)
    • reconfigurable CPU
    • millions of re-programmable logic gates
detonation cluster

DETONATION - MAE Cluster :

  • Belongs to: Professor R. Brown and J. Sinibaldi
  • 11 nodes (2 processors per node) = 22 PE*
  • 2 single core 2.6 GHz AMD 252 Opteron / node
  • 4 GB of RAM / node
  • Redhat Enterprise Linux 4.3
  • 2.0 TB storage
  • MOAB scheduling software suite loaded
  • Built by Western Sceintific
  • Purpose: Detonation, combustion, explosions, weapons
cheetah cluster

CHEETAH - MAE Cluster:

  • 32 nodes (2 processors per node)
  • 2 dual core 2.0 GHz AMD Opteron 270 / node
  • 16 GB of RAM in Headnode
  • 4 GB of RAM / node
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server HPC Product
  • 80 GB SATA / node
  • Built by PSSC Labs
  • Gigabit 10/100/1000 BaseT NIC
  • Purpose: Mechanical Engineering overall academic use

KINGLEAR - ITACS Cluster:

  • 32 Processor Elements
  • 128 GB RAM
  • 1.7 GHz Power4+ Processors (32 total)
  • AIX 5.3 Operating System
  • Purpose: General purpose scientific computing
cheetah cluster

SVCL - MAE Cluster:

  • 32 nodes w/dual quad core Intel 5000 chipset - total 256 cores
  • 2 quad core 2.5 GHz Intel 5000 chip/ node
  • 8 GB of RAM / node
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server HPC Product
  • Built by PSSC Labs
  • 4.1 TB Storage
  • Gigabit 10/100/1000 BaseT NIC
  • Purpose: SVCL Research