SGI 1200L Cluster "Dardas"

A Beowulf cluster located at the IUCC -- "Dardas" -- based on SGI 1200L servers, is open to HPCU-IUCC users who want to run parallel programs which do not require the high bandwidth of the Origin 2000. This cluster includes 1 master node and 32 slave nodes (66 processors).

A Beowulf cluster is a high-performance, massively parallel computer that performs similarly to a supercomputer for a fraction of the price. The computer is made up of a cluster of nodes (in general consumer-based, computer systems like PC's) connected by a high-speed network, running software that allows the computers' resources to be combined to perform intense computing tasks.

Hardware

Master Node:

• Pentium III motherboard
• Dual Pentium III 800 Mhz Processors
• 1 Gbyte SDRAM
• 54 GB UWSCSI-2 disks (10000 rpm)
• Fast Ethernet Card
• Video Card

32 Slaves Nodes:

• Pentium III motherboard
• Dual Pentium III 800 Mhz Processors
• 256 Mbyte SDRAM
• 9 GB UWSCSI-2 disks (7200 rpm)
• Fast Ethernet Card
• Video Card

Software

• Linux Red Hat 7.3
• GNU Compilers (2.96) -- C, C++, F77
• Absoft Compilers -- F77, F90, F95
• MPICH (1.2.5)
• OpenPBS (2.3.16)

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Information

For more infornation regarding the use of the Beowulf Cluster "Dardas" please contact Dr. Barak Galanti galanti@mail.iucc.ac.il

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