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Wexstan

Wextan is a 64 bit Opteron Linux Cluster with 28 Opteron 246 CPUS with 56 Gb Ram and 0.5 Terabytes of Hard Disk Storage.

Specifications

  • 64 bit Opteron Linux Cluster
  • 28 Opteron 246 CPUs with 56 Gb Ram and 0.5 Terabytes of Hard Disk Storage

Server Details

    14 IBM e325 nodes, consisting of:

  • Management/Logon Node: 1 x Dual Opteron 253 @ 2.6 GHz, with 4 Gb RAM, 36 Gb SCSI HDD
  • Compute Nodes: 13 x Dual Opteron 256 @ 2 Ghz, with 4 Gb RAM, 36 Gb SCSI HDD
  • Backbone Interconnect: Myrinet
  • Operating System: CentOS 5
  • Job Manager: Torque
  • System Software: Gcc, Intel Compiler Suite, Portland Compiler Suite

Featured Media

Selected case studies. See all 5 case studies for Supercomputers.

  • HIV reverse transcriptase
    Modelling HIV Reverse Transcriptase

    High performance computing was used to investigate the effects of resistance mutations within a crucial enzyme of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) towards the antiviral drug Nevirapine.

  • Aprenavir binding site showing water interactions
    Modelling HIV Protease Mutations

    High performance computing was used to investigate the effects of resistance mutations within a crucial enzyme of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) towards a range of antiviral drugs.

  • Nanotube
    Nanoscience and High Performance Computing

    High Performance Computing is used in nanoscience to investigate the relationship between the size, shape and structure of nanoscale materials (nanomorphology) and the thermal and chemical environment