BSCL Hardware Information

Batch Computation | Visualization | Workstations

Batch Computation

    SGI Altix 3700: (balt.msi.umn.edu)
    Getting Access | Usage Policy | Quick Start Guide

      A 48-processor shared memory system with 96 Gb of memory, running the Linux operating system. Each processor is a 1.3GHz Intel Itanium2 processor. 5 Tb of disk is shared between the Altix and the Onyx4.

    SGI Altix XE 1300 Cluster:
    Getting Access | Usage Policy | Quick Start Guide

      A 4-node Altix XE 1300 cluster running the Linux operating system. Each node has two quad-core 2.66GHz Intel Xeon X5355 processors, 16GB of memory, and a 200GB scratch disk. Direct login to the nodes is not permitted; jobs must be submitted to the x86_64 pbs queue. See the Quick Start Guide.

    SGI Onyx4: (bvis.msi.umn.edu)
    Getting Access | Usage Policy | Quick Start Guide

      A 16-processor shared memory system with 32 Gb of memory, running the Irix operating system. Each processor is a 750 MHz MIPs processor. 5 Tb of disk is shared between the Onyx4 and the Altix.

      12 of the 16 processors are available for batch computation. The remaining 4 processors are reserved for console login.

    Sun V880:
    Getting Access | Usage Policy | Quick Start Guide

      An 8-processor shared memory system with 32 Gb of memory, running the Solaris 8 operating system. Each processor is a 750 MHz UltraSparcIII processor.

      Job submission to the Sun V880 is through PBS.

Visualization

    VizEveryWhere Viz3D system:
    Getting Access | Usage Policy

      A stereo projection system, rear projecting onto a 64" x 80" screen. The projectors are driven by a dual quad-core x86_64 workstation with nVidia Quadro graphics, running SuSE Linux Enterprise 10. Remote logins for this system (mirror.msi.umn.edu) have been disabled to maintain the best possible performance.

Workstations

    Linux Workstations:
    Getting Access | Usage Policy

    Name Type CPU Memory OS Version Graphics
    bl1
    IntelliStation A Pro
    Dual AMD Opteron 280
    4 GB
    CentOS 4.5
    nVidia Quadro FX 4000
    bl2
    IntelliStation A Pro
    Dual AMD Opteron 280
    4 GB
    CentOS 4.5
    nVidia Quadro FX 4000
    bl3
    IntelliStation A Pro
    Dual AMD Opteron 280
    4 GB
    SLED 10
    nVidia Quadro FX 4500
    bl4
    IntelliStation A Pro
    Dual AMD Opteron 280
    4 GB
    SLED 10
    nVidia Quadro FX 4500
    bl5
    IntelliStation A Pro
    Dual AMD Opteron 280
    4 GB
    SLED 10
    nVidia Quadro FX 4500
    bl6
    IntelliStation A Pro
    AMD Opteron 280
    4 GB
    CentOS 4.5
    nVidia Quadro FX 4500
    bl7
    Precision 690
    Dual Intel Xeon 5150
    16 GB
    CentOS 4.5
    nVidia Quadro FX 4600
    bl8
    Precision 690
    Dual Intel Xeon 5150
    16 GB
    SLED 10
    nVidia Quadro FX 4600
    bl9
    Precision 690
    Dual Intel Xeon 5150
    16 GB
    SLED 10
    nVidia Quadro FX 4600
    bl10
    Precision 690
    Dual Intel Xeon 5150
    16 GB
    SLED 10
    nVidia Quadro FX 4600

    SGI Workstations:
    Getting Access | Usage Policy
    Name Type CPU Memory OS Version Graphics
    bi1
    Octane2
    2 x R14000 600 MHz
    1 GB
    IRIX 6.5
    V12
    bi4
    Octane
    2 x R12000 300 MHz
    1 GB
    IRIX 6.5
    remote access only
    bi7
    Octane2
    2 x R12000 400 MHz
    2 GB
    IRIX 6.5
    remote access only
    bi9
    Octane2
    2 x R12000 400 MHz
    2 GB
    IRIX 6.5
    V10
    bi11
    Octane2
    2 x R12000 400 MHz
    2 GB
    IRIX 6.5
    remote access only

    Sun Workstation (remote access only):
    Getting Access | Usage Policy

    Name Type CPU Memory OS Version
    bs1
    SunBlade 2000
    2 x UltraSparcIII 900 MHz
    4 GB
    Solaris 8

    PC Workstations:
    Getting Access | Usage Policy

    Name Type CPU Memory OS Version Graphics
    bpc2
    Dell Precision
    2 x 2.4 GHz Intel Xeon
    2 GB
    Windows XP
    nVidia GeForce 6800 Ultra
    bpc3
    Dell Precision
    2 x 2.8 GHz Intel Xeon
    2 GB
    Windows XP
    ATI FireGL V3100
    Dell
    4 x 2.0 GHz Intel Xeon MP
    2 GB
    Windows 2003