Aurora
The Aurora System (host name: aurora) is A*CRC's largest single image and largest single addressable memory system. Deployed in September 2011, it comprises a 2048-core node and a 576-core node, each running SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1. The two systems are also linked by an SGI NUMALink5 network.
Hardware Configuration
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Head node
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Compute nodes
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| Hostname
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aurora.acrc.a-star.edu.sg
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uv
2048 cores
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uv1
576 cores
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| System
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SGI UV1000
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SGI UV1000
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| Processor
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2 x Intel E5540 2.53GHz 8-core CPUs
(16 cores per node)
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Intel E7-8837 2.67GHz 8-core CPUs,
(8 cores per socket)
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Intel X7542 2.67GHz 6-core CPUs,
(6 cores per socket)
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| Memory Per Node
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48GB DDR3 ECC RAM
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12TB DDR3 ECC RAM
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3TB DDR3 ECC RAM
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| Networks
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IB QDR
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IB QDR (between head node and compute nodes) and NUMALink 5 (within and between compute nodes)
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| Disk Space
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1.1TB for home directories
20TB global /scratch
20GB /tmp per node
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