Supercomputer Configurations

State Supercomputer Multi-access Center is a subdivision of the United Institute of Informatics Problems of the National Academy of Science of Belarus (UIIP NASB).

It includes the cluster supercomputers VM-5100, K-500 and K-1000.

Technical features of "SKIF" supercomputers are presented in the table below:

Characteristics		Model
		K-1000	K-500	VМ-5100
Number of computational nodes/ processors		288/576	64/128	16/32
Processors		AMD OpteronTM 248 (2,2 GHz)	Intel Xeon (2,8 GHz)	Intel Pentium III (1,4 GHz)
Performance	Peak performance	2534	716,8	48
	Linpack-performance	2032	475,3	30
RAM, GB		1152	128	16
HDD, GB		23040	3840	288
File server HDD, GB		2 500	800
System network		InfiniBand, IB 4x	3D-тор, SCI, D336	2D-тор, SCI, D335
Auxiliary network		Gigabit Ethernet		Fast Ethernet
Service network		SKIF-ServNet		-
Telecommunication network		BAS-NET 100 Mbit/s.
Outer telecommunication network		GEANT 2 Mbit/s
Remote access protocol		Protected SSL

Field of application:

• image processing and recognition (including aerospace images);
• meteorology;
• human genetics;
• medicine;
• traffic problems;
• geological prospecting;
• voice analysis and synthesis;
• radar and optical signals processing;
• identification and selection of complicated objects in real time;
• hydraulic and gas dynamics;
• situation prediction;
• modeling and virtual impact testing of complicated technical construction;
• new materials creation, electromagnetic compatibility;
• large volume information storage and processing;
• molecular and atomic physics.

System software, engineering environment of parallel programming:

Supercomputer system software upholds parallel programming and computation in distributed environment.

Basic operating system for control computer and computational nodes is Linux Fedora Core 2.

Main operating environment of parallel programming for MPI standard and Infiniband protocol – MVAPICH package. It is available to work with LAM package and auxiliary network Gigabit Ethernet.

System tools for applied software development include programming language compiler С, С++, FORTRAN, automatic and dynamic problem parallelization system (T-system), which decreases carry-over time of successive program code to parallel computer system.

Licensed application software:

• commercial version of LS-DYNA for solving the problems of nonlinear high speed dynamic process;
• commercial version of system STAR-CD for hydro and gas dynamic problems solving;
• academic license of Fluent 6.2 for hydro and gas dynamic processes modeling;
• Pro/E, SolidEdge, Inventor 9 for creation of computer spatial objects and models.

Look over the Program “SKIF” website for more details about clusters “SKIF”- www.skif.bas-net.by