Face-cluster

FACe cluster configuration

The Arago cluster contains actually one master node "apcclwn12.in2p3.fr" and 10 compute nodes.

Operating system

Scientific Linux release 6.1 (2.6.32-220.7.1.el6.x86_64)

File systems

We use GlusterFS as the distributed file system for the cluster. The same GlusterFS volumes are mounted on all nodes including the master node.

PathTypeTotal Capacity (TB)BackupQuotaACL
/home/$USERGlusterFS1Y1GB/userN
/workdirGulsterFS40N-Y
/savedirGlusterFS1Y10GB/groupN

Hardware

QueueHostsCPU cores hyper-threadingMemory
Quietapcclwn02 -> apcclwn111648 Gb

Details

Rack1
C6100 power4575 btu/h (total power 1100x4racks kW)
Total electric currentA
WeightKg
Air fluxm3/hr
Sound powerbels
Master node1
TypeE5640 Intel(R) Xeon(R)
CPU cores hyper-threading16
Frequency2.66 GHz
Memory48 Go / 2CPU
Disk146 Go SAS
Network2 x 10 GigE
Compute nodes11
TypeE5640 Intel(R) Xeon(R)
CPU cores hyper-threading16
Frequency2.66 GHz
Memory48 Go / 2CPU
Disks146 Go SAS
Network2 x 10 GigE (round-robin)
Switch/Gateway4
TypePowerConnect 8024 10GbE