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Mu Cluster at the HCS Lab, Florida
The Mu cluster of the High-performance Computing and Simulation (HCS) Research Laboratory at the University of Florida comprises 32 Opteron servers connected with Quadrics' QsNetII fast interconnect.
Mu is the newest and the most powerful Linux cluster of CARRIER system, greatly enhancing its research in high-performance computing, performance analysis and optimization, reconfigurable computing, high-performance networking, and grid computing. | |  Image courtesy of the HCS Lab |
System Spec
Each of the nodes in this cluster currently consists of the following:
AMD Opteron 246 processor with 32- and 64-bit processing and HyperTransport
Tyan Thunder K8WE (S2895) dual-Opteron server motherboard
Dual on-board 1 Gb/s Ethernet
1GB of Registered ECC DDR400 RAM
PCI-Express (x16) slots (2)
PCI-X (133MHz) bus slot
PCI-X (100MHz) bus slots (2)
80GB SATA drive @ 7200 RPM
Chenbro SR105 server case with 460W power supply | |  |
HCS
CARRIER supports simulative and experimental research on key issues in computer architectures, networks, systems, services, and applications.
Research in the HCS lab is supported by federal sponsors including DOD, NASA, NSF, and NIH, and leading industry sponsors including Honeywell Space and Cray.
Activities in the lab are undertaken by several research groups in areas including advanced space computing, reconfigurable computing, parallel performance optimization with UPC, high-performance computing applications, high-speed networks, and mission assurance for HPC.
Mu supports research in high-performance computing, performance analysis and optimization, reconfigurable computing, high-performance networking, and grid computing.
Further information is avaialable on the HCS website |
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