A US Government customer purchased this 70 node Apex HPC cluster solution.  The customer's application was not parallel so there was no reason for a high speed interconnect like InfiniBand.  Remote manageability with a graphical user interface was a big concern so a high end KVM system with KVM over IP functionality.  Since this was their first cluster purchase they selected to have Advanced Clustering's highly trained and knowledgeable installation crew on-site to help them setup their new cluster and get it running to it's peak performance.

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

70x Compute Nodes - Pinnacle 1A2302

• 1U rackmount chassis
• Dual Opteron 2218 processors
• 8GB of RAM
• 80GB SATA disk drive

1 x Head Node - Pinnacle 1A2302

• 1U rackmount chassis
  
• Dual Opteron 2218 processors
• 8GB of RAM
• 2x 80GB SATA disk drives in a RAID1 configuration

SAS Storage System

• 2U, 12 bay SAS storage array (connected to the head node)
• 12x 300GB 15,000RPM SAS drives
  

Gigabit Switching System

• 2x 48 port 10/100/1000BaseT gigabit non-blocking ethernet switch
• 2x Stacking fabric kits for ethernet switches
• Category 6 ethernet cables

Management System

• Rackmounted keyboard / monitor / touchpad
• KVM switches for all nodes in cluster with KVM over IP functionality
  

Rack and Power Distribution

• 2x 42U high quality cabinet
• 0U 20A 3phase 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