The TRACC Computational Clusters
With the addition of a new cluster called Zephyr that was made operational in September of this year (2012), TRACC now offers two clusters to choose from: Zephyr and our original cluster that has now been named Phoenix. Zephyr was acquired from Atipa technologies, and it is a 92-node system with each node having two AMD 16 core, 2.3 GHz, 32 GB processors. The following table shows a comparison of the two clusters. |
![Cluster](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130225203652im_/http://web.anl.gov/TRACC/Collaboratory/images/Cluster-Image.jpg) |
Item/Cluster | Zephyr | Phoenix |
Nodes | 92 | 128 |
Processors per node | 2 | 2 |
Total Processors | 184 | 256 |
Processor Type | AMD 6273, 16 core, 2.3 GHz | AMD 2378, quad core, 2.4 GHz |
Cores Per Processor | 16 (8 modules each capable of executing 2 integer or 1 floating point operation) | 4 cores each capable of executing 1 integer or 1 floating point operation |
Total Cores | 2944 | 1024 |
Ram per node | 88 nodes at 32 GB, 2 nodes at 64 GB, & 2 nodes at 128 GB | 124 nodes at 8 GB and 4 nodes at 32 GB |
RAM Speed | 1600 MHz | 667 MHz |
Disk Storage per Node | One TB | 200 GB |
Login Nodes | 2 | 3 |
Administrative Nodes | 2 | 2 |
Application Nodes (Sandbox) | 1 | 0 |
Statistics Gathering Nodes | 1 | 1 |
I/O Nodes | 1 | 4 |
Ethernet Interconnect | Gig-E/ Dual 10 Gig Uplink | Gig-E/ Dual 10 Gig Uplink |
Infiniband Interconnect | QDR 40 Gbps | DDR 20 Gbps |
File System Usable Storage | Lustre-based, 120 TB/RAID6 Storage | GPFS-based,90 TB |
Operating System | CentOS/Linux 6.2 | Red HatEnterprise/Linus 4.8 |
Tape Storage | Shared 160 TB Tape Library |
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![Net CLoud](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/web/20130225203652im_/http://web.anl.gov/TRACC/images/TRACC_network.jpg)
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Network Access
The TRACC cluster is served by high-bandwidth networks with connectivity to the main
Argonne National Laboratory network. As part of the Argonne network,
TRACC's networks are connected to the national and international
research and education network infrastructure, and are protected by
Argonne's cyber-security team. |
Applications Software
In establishing TRACC, the U.S. Department of Transportation identified several national high-priority transportation research issues.
The key applications identified by USDOT require the availability of software capabilities in the areas of traffic simulation,
computational structural mechanics, and computational fluid dynamics.
As a result, specific engineering analysis software has been installed on TRACC´s massively parallel computer system for use
by the USDOT research community:
- The USDOT-developed software system, TRANSIMS
, is being used for traffic modeling, including such applications as traffic simulation in metropolitan areas
, evacuation planning and evaluation, and long-range regional planning.
- The commercial codes
LS-DYNA® and
LS-OPT®
are being used for computational structural mechanics applications, such as bridge stability and dynamics analysis,
occupant injury assessment, crash worthiness, roadside hardware evaluation, roadside material modeling and performance of
pavement structures.
- The commercial codes STAR-CD® and
STAR-CCM+
are being used at TRACC for computational fluid dynamics in applications such as bridge hydraulics analysis,
flow-induced vibration of bridge components, and vehicle aerodynamics.
- The GNU, Intel, and PathScale compilers and the Intel MPI library
are available
for users who wish to run their own software on the cluster.
- NoMachine NX is provided for secure remote desktop virtualization, enabling users to run
graphical and visualization software on the cluster.
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