INDUSTRY
ClusterVision Delivers 33 TeraFLOPs Supercomputer to the University of Groningen
ClusterVision, specialist in high performance compute, storage and database clusters, has delivered one of the Netherlands' fastest supercomputers to the University of Groningen. The supercomputer's 3280 AMD Opteron processor cores and 132 TeraByte of storage will be used by scientists at the university to boost research in various fields of science, including Informatics, Chemistry, Medicine and Genetics. With a theoretical peak performance of more than 33 billion operations per second, it ranks amongst the fastest supercomputers in the world according to today's TOP500 list.
"Research has a top priority at the University of Groningen. With this new supercomputer from ClusterVision we are able to offer a very powerful service to our user community and support them in achieving their research goals," said Professor Dr. Cees Sterks, General Director of the Donald Smits Center for Information Technology at the University of Groningen.
Hans Gankema, Manager Server Infrastructure, adds "Our new High Performance Compute (HPC) cluster 'Millipede' is a real compute monster and it is the fastest HPC cluster in any Dutch University. ClusterVision did an excellent job in designing, delivering and implementing the cluster. The Bright Cluster Manager software makes the management and monitoring of the cluster very efficient and easy, and it offers a clear insight into the status of the cluster at all times."
The supercomputer runs Bright Cluster Manager - Advanced Edition, which is a Linux-based cluster management software solution that has built-in functionality for large and complex clusters, such as failover head nodes and multiple load-balancing provisioning nodes. Bright Cluster Manager's wide range of monitoring and management functionality, combined with its easy-to-use command line and graphical user interfaces, will save the system administrators at the university substantial time in operating the cluster. The cluster will also run ScaleMP software to serve the needs for applications that require large amounts of memory, as well as the Fraunhofer Global Filesystem (FhGFS).
"Research has a top priority at the University of Groningen. With this new supercomputer from ClusterVision we are able to offer a very powerful service to our user community and support them in achieving their research goals," said Professor Dr. Cees Sterks, General Director of the Donald Smits Center for Information Technology at the University of Groningen.
Hans Gankema, Manager Server Infrastructure, adds "Our new High Performance Compute (HPC) cluster 'Millipede' is a real compute monster and it is the fastest HPC cluster in any Dutch University. ClusterVision did an excellent job in designing, delivering and implementing the cluster. The Bright Cluster Manager software makes the management and monitoring of the cluster very efficient and easy, and it offers a clear insight into the status of the cluster at all times."
The supercomputer runs Bright Cluster Manager - Advanced Edition, which is a Linux-based cluster management software solution that has built-in functionality for large and complex clusters, such as failover head nodes and multiple load-balancing provisioning nodes. Bright Cluster Manager's wide range of monitoring and management functionality, combined with its easy-to-use command line and graphical user interfaces, will save the system administrators at the university substantial time in operating the cluster. The cluster will also run ScaleMP software to serve the needs for applications that require large amounts of memory, as well as the Fraunhofer Global Filesystem (FhGFS).