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Laboratory of Medical Imaging High Performance Computing & Informatics; www.uiowa.edu/mihpclab/
Department of Radiology
Carver College of Medicine
The University of Iowa

Medical Imaging Computational Grid (MICG)

Name
System Specification and Status

Status: Grid-based, productive cluster node

Information: Intel Inc. sponsored HPC system. The system model is VXR048, made by VXTech of Ciara Technologies. The system has 48 (VXblade) nodes (VXB-7520J with EMT 64T Intel-Itanium 2 Xeon). Each node has duel core, 64-bit, EMT Xeon processor (3.4 GHz, 4GB memory, 100GB storage). The total has 96 processors. Each node PCI Express, duel infiniBand HCA-SLB-24 ports and duel Ethernet ports. The system has two interconnections: (1) Voltaire ISR 9096 10Gbps InfinBand Grid Director/Switch Router with 72 ports; (2) SMC 1Gbps Ethernet Switch with 48 ports. The aggregate peak performance is 1.305 TFLOPS. The aggregate is 192 GB memory, and 2.15 TB storage capacity. The system was engineered and delivered by VXTec, a division of Ciaratech. The system was configured as a dual-operated cluster (Window Compute Cluster 2003 and Rocks). The project is sponsored by Microsoft's HPC Division. Peak GFLOPS = 96*3.4*4=1305.6 (max.); Current Peak GFLOPS = 76*3.4*4=1033.6 (max.)

 

MiHi Grid2

Status: Grid-based, productive cluster node

Information: Rocks operated with Sun Grid Engine. Total 24 nodes, and each has 32bit, 1.66GHz, Intel-Pentiu- IV single core. Each processor has 1GB Memory, and 50GB disk space, with a 3COM 1-/100, 24 port Mbps Ethernet switch. The aggregate is 24 GB memory, and 1.2 TB storage capacity. Peak GFLOPS = 24*1.7*2=87.6


MiHi Grid3

Status: Grid-based, experimental cluster node

Information: Rocks 4.3 operated with Sun Grid Engine. The cluster with 32bits, dual-core, Intel Processor, 1.7 GHz. The system has a Myricom 1-Gigabit networking and Ethernet switch systems. The original system was made by Atipa Inc. Total 7 nodes. Currently, 3 nodes with 6 processors operates as a test-bed. Peak GFLOPS = 6*1.7*3=30.6

 

Status: Grid-based, experimental cluster node

Information: Rocks 4.3 operated with Sun Grid Engine. Total 9 nodes and 9 processor, and each has 32bit, 2.6 GHz, Intel-Pentiu- IV single core. Each processor has 1 GB Memory, and 50GB disk space, with a 3COM 1-/100, 24 port Mbps Ethernet switch. The aggregate is 9 GB memory, and 0.45 TB storage capacity. Peak GFLOPS = 9*2.6*2=46.8

 

MiHi Grid5

Status: Grid-based, productive cluster node

Information: Rocks 4.3 operated with Sun Grid Engine. Total 24 nodes and 34 processors , and each has 32bit, 2.6 GHz, Intel-Pentiu- IV single and dual cores. Each processor has 1GB Memory, and 50GB disk space, with a 3COM 1-/100, 24 port Mbps Ethernet switch. The aggregate is
24 GB memory, and 1.2 TB storage capacity. Peak GFLOPS = 34*2.7*2=183.6

Status: Grid-based, productive cluster node (under construction)

Information: Rocks 4.3 operated with Sun Grid Engine. Total 24 nodes and 34 processors , and each has 32bit, 2.6 GHz, Intel-Pentiu- IV single and dual cores. Each processor has 1GB Memory, and 50GB disk space, with a 3COM 1-/100, 24 port Mbps Ethernet switch. The aggregate is
24 GB memory, and 1.2 TB storage capacity. Peak GFLOPS = 38*2.7*2=205.2

Status: Grid-based, experimental cluster node (under construction)

Information: Rocks 4.3 operated with Sun Grid Engine. Total 24 nodes and 34 processors , and each has 32bit, 2.6 GHz, Intel-Pentiu- IV single and dual cores. Each processor has 1GB Memory, and 50GB disk space, with a 3COM 1-/100, 24 port Mbps Ethernet switch. The aggregate is
24 GB memory, and 1.2 TB storage capacity. Peak GFLOPS = 38*2.7*2=205.2

 

MiHi Grid8

Status: Grid-based, experimental cluster node (under construction)

Information: Rocks 4.3 operated with Sun Grid Engine. Total 24 nodes and 34 processors , and each has 32bit, 2.6 GHz, Intel-Pentiu- IV single and dual cores. Each processor has 1GB Memory, and 50GB disk space, with a 3COM 1-/100, 24 port Mbps Ethernet switch. The aggregate is
24 GB memory, and 1.2 TB storage capacity. Peak GFLOPS = 38*2.7*2=205.2

 

Status: Networked, experimental Mac cluster node (under construction )

Information: Mac OS X-based Mac G3/G4 cluster with 22 processors, 900Hz/512MB/20GB, The aggregate is 11.264 GB memory, and 2.4 TB storage capacity.

MiHi Grid10

Status: Grid-based, experimental Linux cluster node

Information: Rocks 4.3 operated with Sun Grid Engine. Total 120 nodes and 120 processors , and each has 32bit, 1.0 GHz, Intel-Pentiu- III single core. Each processor has 0.5GB Memory, and 30GB disk space, with 5 3COM 1-/100, 24 port Mbps Ethernet switches. The aggregate is 60 GB memory, and 3.6 TB storage capacity. Peak GFLOPS = 120*1.0*2=240.0

 

 

National Grids and Cyberinfrastructure-enabled HPC Centers

NCSA (National Center for Supercomputing and Applications) Petascale Computing System

TeraGrid (NSF)

OSG (Open Science Grid)

SDSC (San Diego Supercomputing Center)

PSC (Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center )