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Ahalama cluster technical summary

Hardware & Networking

Architecture
x86_64
System
Dell PowerEdge C6100
dual socket, hexa-core processor
24GB DDR2 memory
Peak FLOPs
20 TFlops
Rmax: 15.6 TFlops (over 75% efficiency)
Number of nodes
42
Number of CPUs (cores)
84 (504)
Processor
Intel E5645
hexa-core 2.4GHz
1333MHz FSB, 12MB
Memory
24GB/node (2GB/core)
DDR2
Network interconnect
1 GbE
Parallel filesystem
NAS (32TB netto)
24 x 2 TB disk spindles (48TB gross)

Software

Operating System
Scientific Linux
Compilers
Intel/GNU: Fortran C C++
Development/Libraries
MPI (Intel, MVAPICH, OpenMPI, LAM-MPI)
Intel Math kernel library
Intel Trace Analyzer and Collector, VTune Analyzer
Scheduler
SGE

Network Diagram