Computational Cluster Programs

Hydro Cluster Hardware

The Hydro Cluster is currently configured as follows:

• Head Node
  • Dual-CPU 2.2 GHz AMD Opteron node
  • 4 GB RAM
  • 80 GB hard drive


• 20 compute nodes with InfiniBand Interconnects
  • Dual-CPU 2.2 GHz processor AMD Opteron nodes
  • 4 GB RAM per compute node
  • 80 GB hard drive per node
  • Gigabit Ethernet and InfinBand interconnects


• 8 compute nodes without InfiniBand Interconects
  • Dual-CPU dual-core 2.0 GHz processor AMD Opteron nodes
  • 8 GB RAM per compute node
  • 80 GB hard drive per node
  • Gigabit Ethernet interconnect


• Mellanox 24-Port InfiniBand Switch


• SMC 48-Port Gigabit Ethernet Switch


• NFS-mounted RAID File Server with 6 TB storage