LION-XM PC Cluster
LION-XM is a PC Cluster run by the High Performance Computing Group of Penn State's Academic Services and Emerging Technologies (ASET) in partnership with the following Penn State professors:
- Dr. Jogesh Babu, Professor of Statistics
- Dr. Kenneth Brentner, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
- Dr. Douglas Cowen, Associate Professor of Physics, Associate Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics
- Dr. Melik Demirel, Assistant Professor of Engineering Science and Mechanics
- Dr. Dan Haworth, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Dr. Deborah Levin, Associate Professor of Aerospace Engineering
- Dr. Costas Maranas, Broughton Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Dr. Michael Micci, Professor of Aerospace Engineering
- Dr. Raj Mittra, Director of ECL and Professor of Electrical Engineering
- Dr. Mike Modest, Professor of Mechanical Engineering
- Dr. Martin Moeck, Assistant Professor of Architectural Engineering
- Dr. Paul Plassman, Associate Professor of Computer Science and Engineering
- Dr. Stephen Rathbun, Associate Professor of Statistics
- Dr. Wenhua Yu, Visiting Professor of Electical Engineering
Hardware
LION-XM consists of the following hardware:
1 login node
- Dell 1750 1U Rackmount Box
- Dual 3.06 GHz Intel P4 Processors
- 4 GB of ECC RAM
168 Compute Nodes
- Dell 1750 1U Rackmount Boxes
- Dual 3.06 GHz Intel Xeon Processors or Dual 3.2 Ghz Intel Xeon Processors
- 4 GB of ECC RAM
- 36 GB of SCSI disk
High Speed Myrinet Network
LION-XM Software
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LION-XM runs the GNU/Linux operating system. A list of installed software packages can be found on the
software page.
Other packages can be installed upon request.
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Obtaining an Account
To obtain an account on LION-XM you first need to be sure
that you have a Penn State Access Account. If you do not, you will need
to work with the ITS Accounts
Services group to get one.
If you have a Penn State Access Account already, send an email to Jason
Holmes at jholmes@psu.edu requesting your LION-XM account. Please be sure
to include your Penn State Access Account userid and any special requests
you may have.
Accessing LION-XM
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Please refer to the LION-XM User's Guide for
more information on accessing LION-XM and compiling and running applications on it.
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LION-XM Performance
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Benchmarking is an on-going process. Results so far are very encouraging.
Please click here for the LION-XM theoretical and application performance numbers.
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Please send questions or suggestions about this web page to beatnic@aset.psu.edu
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