Cluster Hardware, Software, and configuration

The garuda cluster is comprised of Dell hardware, Rocks Software, Qlogic Infiniband equipment, and MOAB/Torque scheduler.

Hardware

75 Dell PowerEdge 1950s

Dual quad core processors at 2.33 GHz
8 GB RAM
148 GB HD
1 QLogic IB HCA per node

2 Dell PowerEdge 2950s

Dual quad core processors at 2.33 GHz
8 GB RAM
148 GB HD
One acts as the headnode, the other as the IO Server

2 Dell MD1000 Disk Enclosures

Each has 15 300GB SATA drives
4.5 TB Raw per unit
7.3 TB usable after striping across both units
controlled from the ioserver

1 Dell TL4000 Powerloader Tape Library

48 Tape capacity
2 LTO4 drives

2 Powerconnect Switches

48 port switches
4 GB trunk between them

1 QLogic Silverstorm 9080 Infiniband edge switch

8 12 port modules installed in it