Overview of IU cyberinfrastructure systems provided
Big Red
IBM e1350 - JS21 blades, dual-core PowerPC 970MP processor Teraflops: 30.72
Machine type
Compute - Massively parallel processing Operating system
SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 9 Disk size: 266 TB & 535 TB
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Available to
IU, US researchers with a TeraGrid allocation, industrial partners Status
Big Red is in production and available for local IU users, roaming and allocated TeraGrid users, and allocated industrial partners |
Overview
Big Red includes 768 IBM JS21 compute nodes, each with two dual-core 2.5 GHz PowerPC 970MP CPUs, 8 GB memory, 72 GB of local scratch disk, and a PCI-X Myrinet-2000 interconnect for high-bandwidth low-latency MPI applications. It has access to 266 TB of GPFS scratch space, and to the 535 TB Data Capacitor via Lustre clients. NOTE: 6.5 TFLOPS is available for TeraGrid usage; up to 30.7 TFLOPS is available for short periods of time for any type of user via advance reservations. Recommended use
Big Red is a distributed shared-memory cluster, intended to run parallel as well as serial applications. Multiple MPI libraries are supported; we recommend Open MPI. |
Quarry
IBM e1350 - HS21 blades, Intel Xeon 5335 quad-core processors Teraflops: 7
Machine type
Compute - massively parallel processing in Intel environment Operating system
Red Had Enterprise Linux 4 Disk Size: 266 TB & 535 TB
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Available to:
IU, US researchers with a TeraGrid allocation, Open Science Grid Status
Quarry is in production and available for local IU users, allocated TeraGrid users, and OSG users |
Overview
Quarry includes 112 IBM HS21 Blade servers, each containing two Intel Xeon 5335 quad-core processors, 8GB of memory, a 36GB locally attached SAS disk for local scratch space, and dual gigabit Ethernet connections. Recommended use
Quarry is a distributed shared-memory cluster, intended to run parallel as well as serial applications particularly those that require or run best in an Intel-compatible environment. Multiple MPI libraries are supported; we recommend Open MPI. |
Big Red and Quarry
dedicated nodes and disk in support of service oriented architectures and Science Gateways Teraflops
1 node (40 GFLOPS on Big Red, 1024 GFLOPS on Quarry) up to 5 TFLOPS on Big Red available for dedicated use for SOA-based services and Science Gateways Machine type
See individual system descriptions Operating system
See individual system descriptions Disk size
See individual system descriptions |
Available to:
See individual system descriptions Status
Available for allocations and in production |
Overview
See individual system descriptions Recommended use
Indiana University offers dedicated nodes and disk in support of data and computational services offered via service-oriented architectures, as well as support of Science Gateways. Services delivered via Service Oriented Architectures such as Web Services are provided via a combination of dedicated nodes (servers) within IU's Quarry system and an allocation of dedicated (nonpurged) disk. Disk storage supporting data collections is via a NAS (Network-Attached Storage) system
Dedicated computational nodes in support of Science Gateways are available from Big Red and Quarry in support of Science Gateways that deliver data-centric and real time computational needs.
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Libra
IBM JS20 PowerPC 970FX Blades, IBM POWER5 p575 servers Teraflops: 1
Machine type
Compute - serial and SMP processing environment Operating system
AIX 5.3 Disk size
266 TB |
Available to:
IU Status
In production. |
Overview
Libra includes 42 2.2 GHz JS20 blades each with 4 GB of memory. Six 1.9 GHz POWER5 p575 servers each with 16-32 GB of memory. Recommended use
Libra is primarily a serial platform used for statistical and mathematical applications. The large SMP nodes can be utilized for OpenMP or other threaded applications. |
PolarGrid
Teraflops: >= 17
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Available to:
IU, ECSU, US researchers with a TeraGrid allocation Status
Acquisition phase |
Overview
Indiana University, along with Elizabeth City State University and partners, will offer this cluster for Polar research in support of multiple field expeditions to analyze glaciers at the North and South poles.
This resource will be integrated with the TeraGrid for both resource utilization and curricula sharing.
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GridFTP servers
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Available to
StatusIU, US researchers with a TeraGrid allocation, Open Science Grid In Production |
Overview
8 GridFTP servers are available on HPSS that support serial and parallel transfers. 4 GridFTP servers are available on Big Red that support serial and parallel transfers to both GPFS and the Data Capacitor.
1 GridFTP server is available on Quarry that supports serial transfers.
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GPFS-WAN
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Available to
StatusUS researchers with a TeraGrid allocation To be in production by 11/1/2007 |
Overview
IU is participation in the TeraGrid production GPFS-WAN service; service will be in production as of 11/1/2007. |
Lustre-WAN
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Available to IU, US researchers with a TeraGrid allocation, test partners Status Test use (Friendly user) mode |
Overview
IU is participating in the TeraGrid Lustre-WAN experimental service. |
General Parallel File System (GPFS)
Teraflops: N/A
Machine type
Dedicated storage Operating system: Linux Storage Servers
Disk size: 266 TB
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Available To
IU, US researchers with a TeraGrid allocation, Open Science Grid Users Status In production |
Overview
Indiana University offers GPFS as scratch space accessible from Big Red, Libra, and Quarry or via GridFTP. |
Lustre file space (IU Data Capacitor)
Teraflops: 2.5
Machine type
Dedicated storage Operating system: Linux Storage Servers
Disk size: 535 TB
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Available to
IU, US researchers with a TeraGrid account, Open Science Grid users Status Available as a production service for IU users. Available for allocations and in production as a test service for the TeraGrid. |
Overview
Indiana University offers dedicated (nonpurged) disk storage in support of data collections and data-centric computing accessible via Lustre from the IU Data Capacitor. Lustre is offered as an experimental service for researchers who may have a particular interest in Lustre. Recommended use
Storage of persistent data collections on disk in any standard format as well as in Oracle and MySQL databases. |
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Archival Storage (HPSS)
Machine type
Power p575 STK Powderhorn Silos
Operating system
Front end systems use AIX
Teraflops:
N/A
Disk size:
150 TB
Tape storage:
2.8 PB
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Available to
IU, US researchers with a TeraGrid allocation, Open Science Grid users Status In production |
Overview
Indiana University offers 2.8 PB of archival storage under control of the HPSS (High Performance Software System) software, stored on 700 GB tapes. Data may be accessed directly from tape, or from a front-end cache. IU has 52 tape drives of which most read and write data at 100 MB/sec. The HPSS installation is a geographically distributed data storage system. Data is replicated in two locations (Bloomington and Indianapolis).
Stripe classes supported include 1-way and 4-way stripes.
Data may be accessed via GridFTP or via the HPSS Hierarchical Storage Interface (HSI). IU recommends use of HSI for IU researchers and GridFTP for grid users.
Recommended use
Storage of very large data sets, including storage of highly valuable data in two geographically distinct locations. |
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Research File System (RFS)
Machine type
Dedicated storage
Operating system
Linux
Teraflops:
N/A
Disk size:
50 TB
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Available to
IU users Status In production |
Overview
Indiana University provides 50TB of storage to researchers needing storage ubiquitously available, including on the desktop. RFS is built upon OpenAFS and it extends access to the web and SFTP as well as mounting on the desktop. For best performance, IU recommends installing the OpenAFS client. The data is backed up on a nightly basis.
Recommended use
Storage of relatively small files for highly interactive workflow with desktop applications. |
Research Database Complex
Machine type
Database and Web Servers Operating system
AIX Database Servers and Linux Web Servers Disk size
50 TB |
Available to
IU users only Status In production |
Overview
Indiana University offers 50 TB of relational database storage (Oracle or MySQL). Databases are serviced by two 8-way IBM 1.9 GHz POWER5 p575 nodes each with 64 GB of memory. Web applications are serviced via two Dell 2950 nodes each have two quad-core 1.6 GHz Intel Xeon E5310 processors and 8 GB of memory. Recommended use
Storage of large data sets that require a relational database. Ideal for use in conjunction with a web portal or science gateway. |
Scholarworks
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Description | Overview IUScholarWorks is a digital repository for disseminating and preserving scholarly work created at Indiana University. It manages and distributes digital items and allows for the creation, indexing, and searching of the files and associated metadata to locate and retrieve the items. IUScholarWorks is built on DSpace, open-source software created at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that is widely used to create interoperable scholarship repositories. Recommended use Scholarworks is a robust and long-term repository for storage of and access to technical reports and copies of scholarly works. Works for which the right to disseminate widely via the web may be added and made so available via Scholarworks. |
RenderPortal
Machine type
Condor Flock Operating system
Windows 2003 Teraflops
Aggregate 2.5 Disk size
Aggregate 1 TB |
Available to
IU, US researchers with a TeraGrid allocation Status In production |
Overview
Indiana University offers a Condor pool based on Windows microcomputers for distributed rendering with Maya or Blender. Recommended use
Rendering in support of educational activities or research activities in which a high-throughput computing approach is appropriate. |
BARCO VR Theater
Machine type
SGI Onyx4 Operating system
IRIX |
Available to
IU, US researchers with a TeraGrid allocation Status In production; TeraGrid users without access to their own local 3D immersive display may visit IU to make use of IU's BARCO VR Theater |
Overview
IT 403 is home to a reconfigurable virtual reality theater - the MOVE Lite system from BARCO's Virtual and Augmented Reality Division. This display is among the highest resolution and brightest 3D projection systems available anywhere. Recommended use
Visualization experience in support of research, education, or creative activities where an immersive environment only enabled through virtual reality is important. |
Display wall (Indianapolis)
Machine type
PC and/or MacPro Operating system
WinXP and/or Mac OS X |
Available to
IU Status In production |
Overview
The centerpiece of the UITS Research Technologies lab (IT 414) is a high-resolution display wall integrated by Fakespace Systems. With over 15 million pixels and an advanced video scaling and distributing unit, this display enables large groups of people to view multiple video input sources, teleconferencing sessions, and/or high resolution advanced visualizations simultaneously. Recommended use
Visualization and/or tele-conferencing in support of research, education, or creative activities where a large number of pixels or screen real estate is important. |
Stereo wall (Bloomington)
Machine Type PC and/or MacPro
Operating System WinXP and/or Mac OS X
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Available to
IU Status In production and available for use |
Overview
Located in LH 120 on the Bloomington campus is the stereo wall. This wall offers several projection configurations (including HD) and enables stereo and/or mono viewing from a variety of input computers. Recommended use
Visualization and/or tele-conferencing in support of research, education, or creative activities where stereo viewing and/or HD resolution is important. |
John-e-Box
Machine type
PC Operating system
WinXP and/or Linux |
Available to
IU Status In production and available for use |
Overview
As consumer-grade hardware and software becomes easier to use, less expensive, and more powerful, the gap between these technologies and more high-end systems continues to diminish. Our first effort under this initiative consists of a portable, stereo-capable visualization system using Windows or Linux, called the John-e-Box. Recommended use
Visualization in support of research, education, or creative activities where stereo viewing and/or portable is important. |
