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* 1x 24-core Intel Xeon X5650 with 24GB RAM | * 1x 24-core Intel Xeon X5650 with 24GB RAM | ||
* 1x 16-core Intel Xeon X5550 with 48GB RAM, dual NVIDIA GT200GL | * 1x 16-core Intel Xeon X5550 with 48GB RAM, dual NVIDIA GT200GL | ||
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* 2x 64-core AMD Opteron 6274 with 128GB RAM, Infiniband interconnect | * 2x 64-core AMD Opteron 6274 with 128GB RAM, Infiniband interconnect | ||
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=== Job priorities === | === Job priorities === | ||
Revision as of 07:33, 10 October 2014
Contents
Rhasatsha High Performance Computer
rhasatsha: (the rha is pronounced as gaan in Afrikaans) a clever person/object; highly intelligent; something that acts promptly; a wide awake person/object who/that is always on the spot; a versatile person/object that can tackle anything successfully.
The cluster currently has the following specifications.
General information
Feel free to contact Charl Möller (x9490) with any queries regarding the cluster.
Monitoring tools
- Ganglia Cluster Monitor (only available on campus)
- XDMoD Portal (only available on campus)
Specifications
The HPC currently has the following compute specifications:
- 19x 8-core Intel Xeon E5440 with 16GB RAM
- 1x 24-core Intel Xeon X5650 with 24GB RAM
- 1x 16-core Intel Xeon X5550 with 48GB RAM, dual NVIDIA GT200GL
- 17x 48-core AMD Opteron 6172 with 96GB RAM, Infiniband interconnect
- 2x 64-core AMD Opteron 6274 with 128GB RAM, Infiniband interconnect
The total is 1136 available cores.
Job priorities
The HPC currently has 3 queues into which jobs are automatically divided based on number of cores requested.
- sml - queue for small jobs (up to 4 cores)
- med - queue for medium jobs (up to 8 cores)
- lrg - queue for large jobs (more than 8 cores)
At any given time every queue is only allowed a maximum number of cores to ensure small, quick jobs aren't unnecessarily blocked by large, long running jobs.
- sml - unlimited
- med - 380 cores
- lrg - 900 cores
HOWTOs for different programs
Acceptable usage
Hierdie stelsel mag alleen gebruik word vir bona fide akademiese doeleindes. Enige poging dit vir konsultasiewerk of enige kommersiële doeleindes te gebruik, kan veroorsaak dat die gebruiker permanent verbied word om die stelsel te gebruik.
This system may only be used for bona fide academic work. Any effort to use it for consultancy work or any other commercial purpose may lead to the permanent banning of the user from the system.
Citations
We require an acknowledgement in any thesis, paper, publication or presentation that references results computed on this system. In addition we would like to be able to reference these published works.
Suggested form of acknowledgement:
Computations were performed using the University of Stellenbosch's Rhasatsha HPC: http://www.sun.ac.za/hpc
