Computing nodes

Brief technical details about the cluster #

The cluster contains one main headnode (emerald), one auxiliary node (desert), and 36 compute nodes (n[01-36]).

Main node emerald #

  • Server Alkazar R4D57SM G6
  • 36 cores (two 18-core processors Intel Xeon Gold 6354).
  • RAM: 1024 GB.
  • HDD: system disk 960 GB.
    RAID-6 disk 308 TB for user data. RAID-6 disk 308 TB for user data. RAID-5 disk 44 TB for user data.
  • OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 (x86_64).

Auxiliary headnode desert #

  • 6 cores (one 6-core processor Intel Xeon Bronze 3204).
  • RAM: 256 GB.
  • HDD: system disk 480 GB.
    RAID-6 disk 140 TB for user data.
  • OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 (x86_64).

Compute nodes n[01-36] #

  • Compute Node Arbyte Alkazar R2Q50 G5.
  • 40 cores (two 20-core processors Intel Xeon Gold 6230@2.10GHz).
  • RAM: 384 GB.
  • HDD: 480 GB SSD.
    Each node have a local disk for user data under path /var/tmp (415 GB).
  • OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 (x86_64).

Compute nodes n[37-38] #

  • Compute Node Arbyte Alkazar R1Tw50SM G5.
  • 24 cores (two 12-core processors Intel Xeon Silver 4214@2.20GHz).
  • RAM: 128 GB.
  • HDD: 480 GB SSD.
    Each node have a local disk for user data under path /var/tmp (415 GB).
  • OS: SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 (x86_64).

Summary table #

  Nodes Core per node Total cores RAM HDD Queues
emerald 36 1024 GB 660 TB
desert 6 256 GB 140 TB
n01–n36 36 40 1440 384 GB 415 GB normal
n37–n38 2 24 48 128 GB 415 GB short
TOTAL 38 1488