This Apex HPC cluster solution was installed at a major private American University.  The configuration uses DDR high speed infiniband interconnect between nodes, and our Pinnacle 1X5402 rackmount server as the compute nodes.  The cluster node count fit perfectly with our affordable 24 port InfiniBand switches.

Find out why this customer and so many others choose to purchase an Apex high performance compute (HPC) cluster from Advanced Clustering.

24x Compute Nodes - Pinnacle 1X5402

• 1U rackmount chassis
• Dual Xeon Quad-Core X5410 processors
• 8GB of RAM
• 80GB SATA disk drive
• PCI-express DDR infiniBand HCA card

1 x Head Node - Pinnacle 2X5401H8

• 2U rackmount chassis with 8 hotswap drives
• Dual Xeon Quad-Core X5410 processors
• 4TB of raw storage space
• Hardware RAID array with battery backup
• Configured as a double-pairty RAID6 array

InfiniBand Switching System

• 24 port DDR copper InfiniBand switch
• 24x InfiniBand CX4 cables (2M and 3M lengths)

Gigabit Switching System

• 48 port 10/100/1000BaseT gigabit non-blocking ethernet switch
• Category 6 ethernet cables

Management System

• Rackmounted keyboard / monitor / touchpad
• KVM switches for all nodes in cluster

Rack and Power Distribution

• 42U high quality cabinet
• 2U UPS for power to head node and switches
• 0U 30A/208V network managed PDUs

Services and Support

• Advanced Clustering's Standard Advance Ship warranty for 3 years
• Life-time technical support
• Onsite installation and training

Software

• CentOS v5 for x86_64
• Advanced Clustering's Cloner
• Advanced Clustering's Breakin
• Advanced Clustering's ACT dir including:
  • MPICH2
  • MVAPICH
  • OpenMPI
  • Ganglia
  • Torque
• Advanced Clustering's Beo Utils