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Michigan State University established a High Performance Computing Center (HPCC) in the Fall of 2004. This Center’s goal is to provide High Performance Computing support to researchers across campus, both hardware and software.
The present Center configuration consists of:
- a 128 symmetric multi-processor (SMP) system with 576 GB of available RAM with a single image operating system.
- a 512-core distributed memory cluster utilizing 2.2 GHz AMD dual core processors connected by both Infiniband and Gigabit ethernet
- a 1024-core distributed memory cluster using Intel 2.3 Ghz quad core technology, also connected by both Infiniband and Gigabit ethernet
- Parallel file systems utilizing either direct attached (SMP) or Lustre parallel file systems for fast file throughput
- Long term mirrored storage of about 100 Terabytes
The center presently supports more than 600 users and has a staff of 4. In the previous year, the center ran more than 1.3 million jobs utilizing about 330 cpu-years.
More information can be found on the web site at http://www.hpcc.msu.edu
