SDSC Resources

SDSC provides and supports a wide range of computing resources for the research community. These resources are available for use by the University of California researchers through the Academic Associates Program (AAP) and to academic researchers in the U.S through TeraGrid. All machines are available for allocated use unless specified.

Each resource below is marked with logo(s) according to the program through which is is available.

	Resource is available to University of California researchers through the Academic Associates Program.
	Resource is available to any US researcher through TeraGrid.

TG and AAP

IA-64 Linux Cluster

SDSC's IA-64 cluster currently consists of 262 IBM cluster nodes, each with dual 1.5 GHz Intel® Itanium® 2 processors, for a peak performance of 4.0 teraflops. IA-64 Cluster User Guide >

AAP

IBM BlueGene/L

With 3,072 compute nodes and rated at 17.2 teraflops, BlueGene provides a glimpse into the future of cost-effective compute power in a small package. BlueGene User Guide >

OnDemand Cluster

A Rocks cluster with Intel dual-socket, dual-core compute nodes. The 2.0 GHz, 32-way nodes have 8 GB of memory. OnDemand has a nominal theoretical peak performance of 2.4 TFlops. OnDemand User Guide >

Sun X64 (Bebop)

A Solaris machine that is exclusively reserved for data analysis and data mining with SAS software. Bebop User Guide >

Storage Resource Broker (SRB)

A client-server middleware connecting to heterogeneous data resources over a network and accessing replicated data sets. SRB User Guide >

High Performance Storage System (HPSS)

A centralized, long-term data storage system. HPSS has the capacity to store 25 PB of data, and data is added at a rate exceeding 100 TB a month. For national users, HPSS is part of the SDSC Tape Storage. HPSS User Guide >

SAM-QFS

A high-performance archival storage system at SDSC. It allows users to directly access data using a disk cache filesystem, then automatically migrates the data to tape. For national users, SAM-QFS is part of the SDSC Tape Storage. SAM-QFS User Guide >

Global Parallel File System - Wide Area Network (GPFS-WAN)

A centralized file system for long- or short-term data storage of high-volume multi-site runs, as well as large TeraGrid-based data collections. GPFS-WAN is a 613-TB storage system mounted on several TeraGrid platforms. GPFS-WAN User Guide.