Linux-Cluster NICole


NICole - NIC Opteron Linux Engine

  • Stage 1: 16 Compute nodes with 2 processors (total 32)
    • Compute node: dual AMD
    • Processortype: AMD Opteron 250 2.4 GHz
    • Overall peak performance: 153.6 Gigaflops
    • Main memory: 16 x 8 GB (aggregate 128 GB)
    • Network: Gigabit ethernet

  • Stage 2: 24 Compute nodes with 4 processors (total 96)
    • Compute node: dual AMD double core
    • Processortype: AMD Opteron F 2216 2.4 GHz
    • Overall peak performance: 460.8 Gigaflops
    • Main memory: 24 x 8 GB (aggregate 192 GB)
    • Network: Infiniband

  • Stage 3: 32 Compute nodes with 8 processors (total 256)
    • Compute node: dual AMD quad core
    • Processortype: AMD Opteron 2350 2.6 GHz
    • Overall peak performance: 1 Teraflops
    • Main memory: 32 x 8 GB (aggregate 256 GB)
    • Network: Infiniband

  • Total
    • Number of processors: 384
    • Overall peak performance: 1.6 Teraflops
    • Main memory: 72 x 8 GB (aggregate 576 GB)
    • Operating system: SuSE Linux 10.1
    • Cluster management: ParaStation
    • Operating mode: batch (TORQUE/Maui)

  • 1 Login node
    • Total number of processors: 2
    • Processortype: AMD Opteron 250 2.4 GHz
    • Main memory: 4 GB
    • Disk capacity for user data: 4 TB
    • Operating system: SuSE Linux Enterprise 10 SP2

    • Internet address: nicole.nic.kfa-juelich.de

The Linux-Cluster NICole (NIC Opteron Linux Engine) is available mainly for the Research Group "Computational Biology and Biophysics" in Jülich.

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