System Description

Cluster Design

The cluster is assumed to have one (or more) master nodes and several slave nodes (compute nodes).

  • The master node runs the web server, the file server, the central database server, the email server, the server for the queuing system, and the ProCKSI server itself. It can be used as a compute node, too.
  • The compute nodes run the calculations.

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Hardware Specifications

P1. DELL PowerEdge SC1420

CPU dual-processor Intel Xeon (3.2GHz / 2MB)
FSB 800MHz
RAM 4GB (4x1GB, DDR2)
ETH0 SysKonnect SK-9871 V2.0 Gigabit Ethernet 1000Base-ZX Adapter, PCI64, Fiber ZX/SC
ETH1 Intel Corporation 82545GM Gigabit Ethernet Controller
HD 1000GB SATA Raid5 (4x250GB, 7200rpm)
Partitioning
Device Mount Point Size File System
/dev/sda1 / 19GB ext3
/dev/sda2 10GB swap
/dev/sda3 /home 649GB ext3 (raid5)

P2. DELL PowerEdge SC1425

CPU dual-processor Intel Xeon (3.2GHz / 2MB)
FSB 800MHz
RAM 4GB (4x1GB, DDR2)
HD 40GB SATA (7200rpm)
ETH0 Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
ETH1 Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
Partitioning
Device Mount Point Size File System
/dev/sda1 / 13GB ext3
/dev/sda2 10GB swap
/dev/sda3 /scratch 15GB ext3

P3. DNUK Terraserver R420

CPU dual-processor, dual-core AMD Opteron 2216 (2.4GHz / 2MB)
FSB 533MHz
RAM 4GB (4x1GB, PC2-4200 DDR2)
HD 80GB SATA (7200rpm)
ETH0 Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
ETH1 Intel Corporation 82541GI Gigabit Ethernet Controller (rev 05)
Partitioning
Device Mount Point Size File System
/dev/sda1 / 19GB ext3
/dev/sda2 10GB swap
/dev/sda3 /scratch 44GB ext3

Computer Names and IP Addresses

Hardware

ID Description Hardware
M01 Master Node P1
S01 Slave Node P2
S02 Slave Node P2
S03 Slave Node P3
S04 Slave Node P3

External Network

ID Interface MAC Address DNS Name IP
M01 eth1 00:00:5A:9D:44:54 procksi.ncl.ac.uk 128.240.148.40
S01 eth1 00:15:C5:5D:89:5A - -
S02 eth1 00:15:C5:5D:B8:AC - -
S03 eth1 00:E0:81:4A:6A:E7 - -
S04 eth1 00:E0:81:48:19:81 - -

Internal Network

ID Interface MAC Address DNS Name IP
M01 eth0 00:13:72:A6:5B:1F master01.procksi.local 192.168.199.01
S01 eth0 00:15:C5:5D:89:59 slave01.procksi.local 192.168.199.11
S02 eth0 00:15:C5:5D:B8:AB slave02.procksi.local 192.168.199.12
S03 eth0 00:E0:81:4A:6A:E6 slave03.procksi.local 192.168.199.13
S04 eth0 00:E0:81:48:19:80 slave04.procksi.local 192.168.199.14