New York University super computing cluster system Case Study

By using IBM BladeCenter Technology, New York University has successfully created a 3 m²-foot super computing cluster system that effectively exploits space resources in New York City, where money is limited. This super-Level Computer peak speed exceeds 4.5 trillion TeraFlops), composed of a cluster of 256 IBM eServer BladeCenter JS20 blade servers, running Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS 4 rhes as 4) in the operating system, two 2.2 GHz PowerPC 970 processors are configured for each server. The total number of processors in the system reaches 512. The high-performance system uses the Myrinet switch technology to connect to each blade server and uses the Next Generation Internet Protocol IPv6.

User explanation:This high-performance computing system of New York University provides a way to expand IT infrastructure in a space-saving manner without sacrificing processing capabilities and performance. The new compact system will support New York University's research work on high computing requirements, including the atmospheric and Marine Science Center, under the Courant Institute of Mathematics, which benefited the most, and the Center for Comparative Functional Genomics research for Comparative Functional Genomics and Courant Institute of Mathematics. The atmospheric and Marine Science Center under Courant Institute of Mathematics has begun to use this ultra-level computing system to simulate atmospheric circulation and foreign flows through computational modeling. It will be supported by the naval department and the Naval Research Bureau, help researchers to combine theoretical, mathematical analysis, and digital models for understanding the Earth's climate changes, studying the Earth's atmospheric and marine patterns, as well as thunderstorms and atmospheric and marine activities such as Hurricane and El Noel, as well as the impact of ocean streams such as Gulf Stream and Antarctic polar currents.

Application rating:"By combining POWER architecture technology with Linux, we have successfully created this 64-bit computing platform in valuable urban space," said Marilyn McMillan, Vice-Chancellor and Chief Information Technology Officer of New York University, it will greatly accelerate the process of our scientific research and help researchers transform scientific theories into contributions to society more quickly."