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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
- 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
14 IBM e325 nodes, consisting of:
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Selected case studies. See all 6 case studies for Supercomputers.
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HPC Cluster for the AutoCRC
The Cooperative Research Centre for Advanced Automotive Technology (AutoCRC) is a research collaboration aimed at delivering smarter, safer and cleaner manufacturing and vehicle technologies to Austra
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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
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High Performance Computing Optimisation
The project’s objective was to develop an optimisation framework for high-performance computing solutions, encompassing a comparative analysis of performance profiling tools with a focus on the appl
