Hardware, Software and Infrastructure
Last Updated: February 2012
Common application software installed on all general purpose servers
The Gnu compilers (C, C++, F77), Java, matlab, perl, python, and R
Servers
vleda – A virtual machine with 4 processors and 8 GB of memory running 64 bit CentOS 5.6.
- It is a login node.
- Jobs can be submitted to the GRID using the Sun Grid Engine (SGE); it is also a processing node on the GRID
rnd – A Dell 1950 with 8 processors and 16GB of memory running 32 bit CentOS 5.7
- It is a login node.
- Application software includes ratfor77, SAS, SAS Enterprise Miner
- Jobs can be submitted to the GRID using the Sun Grid Engine (SGE); it is also a processing node on the GRID
- There is a 6TB disk array attached (rnddata).
bohr – A Dell 1950 with 8 processors and 16GB of memory running 32 bit CentOS 5.5
- Application software includes ratfor77
- It is a processing node on the GRID
darwin – A Dell 1950 with 8 processors and 16GB of memory running 32 bit CentOS 5.5
- Application software includes ratfor77
- It is a processing node on the GRID
euclid – A Dell 1950 with 4 processors and 20GB of memory running 64 bit Fedora 11.
- It is a processing node on the GRID
atlas – A Dell 2850 with 2 processors and 8GB of memory running 32 bit CentOS 5.7.
- Application software includes stata
- It is a processing node on the GRID
- It belongs to Panos Ipeirotis of the IOMS department and is used for Ecommerce research
gauss – A Dell 2950 with 8 processors and 24GB of memory running 64 bit Fedora 11.
- It is a dedicated file share system
- There is a 20TB disk array attached (t24)
- There is a 24TB disk array attached (t26)
- There is a 13TB disk array attached (tesladata)
- There is a 3TB disk array attached (t3)
plato – A Dell 1950 with 8 processors and 24GB of memory running 64 bit VMware ESX 4.1.
- It is a cloud server running VMware
gpu01 – A SuperMicro X8DTG-D with 8 processors and 24GB of memory running 32 bit Fedora 10.
- It has a Tesla nvidia C1070 GPU, used for for running very large matlab programs
- It is a processing node on the GRID
- It was bought by the econmics department at Stern
tesla – A Dell 1950 with 8 processors and 24GB of memory running 64 bit CentOS 5.5
- There is a 20TB disk array attached (archive & bigise)
- It is a processing node on the GRID
- There is a DELL Powervault TL2000 LTO-4 tape backup unit attached.
- There is a DELL Powervault TL2000 LTO-5 tape backup unit attached.
diskfarm – An AMD Athlon with 2 processors and 512MB of memory running CentOS 4.6
- It supplies routing capabilities
- It is the master scheduler for the Sun Grid Engine (SGE)
pioneer – A Dell 1650 with 2 processors and 3GB of memory running 32 bit Fedora 11
- It supplies a dhcp server and routing capabilities
engle, curie and turing – 3 Dell R610s, each with 12 processors and 48GB of memory running VWware 64 bit ESX 4.1.
- They are the backbone of the Stern cloud
Other Hardware
switches – 3 Extreme network 48 port gigabit switches to which all the hardware is directly connected.
- A 1gb fiber link connects the Stern Research Computing network to the rest of Stern
SAN – A Dell PS4000E Equallogic SAN with 16TB of RAID6 disk and dual controllers.
- This is the primary storage for the Stern Cloud.
Private machines housed in the Center for Research Computing
research – A Sun Opteron with 2 processors and 2 GB of memory running 32 bit centOS 5.5
- There is a 2 TB disk array attached (rschdata1)
- There is a 2 TB disk array attached (rschdata2)
- It is a processing node on the GRID
- This server is part of the Stern Salomon Center
atlas – A Dell 2850 with 2 processors and 8GB of memory running 32 bit Centos 5.7.
- Application software includes stata
- It is a processing node on the GRID
- It belongs to Panos Ipeirotis of the IOMS department and is used for Ecommerce research