Emerald
Hardware
- General purpose Linux Cluster for Scientific and Statistical Applications
- Machine Name: Emerald.isis.unc.edu
- 5 Login Nodes:
- 18 Compute Nodes: Dual AMD Athlon 1600+ 1.4GHz MP Processor, Tyan Thunder MP Motherboard, 2GB DDR RAM on each node
- 6 Compute Nodes: Dual AMD Athlon 1800+ 1.6GHz MP Processor, Tyan Thunder MP Motherboard, 2GB DDR RAM on each node
- 25 Compute Nodes: IBM BladeCenter, Dual Intel Xeon 2.4GHz, 2.5GB RAM on each node
- 96 Compute Nodes: IBM BladeCenter, Dual Intel Xeon 2.8GHz, 2.5GB RAM on each node
- 15 Compute Nodes: IBM BladeCenter, Dual Intel Xeon 3.2GHz, 4.0GB RAM on each node
- Access to 21 TB of NetApp NAS RAID array used for scratch and departmental space, mounted as "/netscr", "/nas" and "/nas2"
- Access to 39 TB of IBM GPFS Disk Space used for scratch mounted as "/smallfs" and "/largefs"
Operating System
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 5.0
System Maintenance Guidelines
- Maintenance will be scheduled and announced in advance with a Change Notice.
- Unscheduled maintenance may involve little or no advance notice depending on the nature of the problem. An Emergency or Follow Up Change Notice will be issued as soon as possible.
System Support Personnel
- Steven Fishback, System Administrator
