Supernova overview

Supernova
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nova @ kdm.wcss.wroc.pl

Supernova - computing cluster installed in WNCS, part of EGI and PL-Grid infrastructure. All nodes based on x86_64 (Intel Core micro Architecture, EM64T).

Cluster hardware:

• access node (supernova.wcss.pl),
• archive node (archiwum.wcss.pl)
• service node
• 2 grid middleware services nodes (darkmass/SE and dwarf/CE),
• 580 computational nodes (wn153 - wn732),
• computational network - Infiniband DDR fat-tree full-cbb,
• management network - gigabit ethernet.

Computational resources:

• 6400 CPU cores,
• >12,5 TB RAM (2GB/core)
• ~247 TB disk space (40 TB NFS + 207 TB Lustre),
• node to node communication: throughput 20Gbps, latency < 5 us.

Summary

cluster :	supernova.wcss.wroc.pl
disk space home :	NFS 10TB
przestrzeń scratch :	Lustre
operating system :	ScientificLinux
peak performance :	67,54 TFLOPS
nodes :	access	computational 2nd generation (136)	computational 3rd generation (40)	computational 4th generation (404)
CPU :	Intel Xeon 5160 3GHz	Intel Xeon E5345 2.33 GHz	Intel Xeon L5420 2.5 GHz	Intel Xeon X5650 2.67 GHz
number of CPUs :	2x dual-core	2x quad-core	2x quad-core	2x six-core
cache L2 :	4MB	8MB	12MB	12MB
RAM :	16GB	16GB	16GB	24GB

Software

Scientific applications

Abaqus, ABINIT, Accelryss, Amber, ANSYS, ANSYS CFX, ANSYS Fluent, APBS, AutoDock, AutoDock Vina, Cfour, CPMD, CRYSTAL09, Dalton, FDS-SMV, GAMESS, Gaussian, Gromacs, Hmmer, LAMMPS, Materials Studio, Mathematica, Matlab, Meep, MOLCAS, Molden, Molpro, MOPAC, NAMD, NWChem, OpenFOAM, Orca, R, Siesta, TURBOMOLE, Xaim, custom software.

Compilers

GNU GCC, Intel, PGI

Libraries and tools

• MVAPICH2,
• MPIEXEC
• MKL (/opt/intel/mkl/WERSJA/lib/em64t/),
• GotoBLAS2 (/usr/local/GotoBLAS2/),
• ATLAS (/usr/local/atlas/)
• HDF
• Python + SciPy + NumPy
• ...

Job scheduling system

PBSPro

RSA key fingerprint

d5:85:f7:5a:92:9b:72:7d:d3:74:67:ab:e4:46:28:e9