LION-XO PC Cluster
LION-XO 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. Antonios Armaou, Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering
- Dr. Susan Brantley, Director of the Earth and Environmental Systems Institute
- Dr. Barbara J. Garrison, Shapiro Professor of Chemistry
- Dr. Klaus Keller, Assistant Professor of Geoscience
- Dr. James Kubicki, Associate Professor of Geoscience
- Dr. Janna Maranas, Associate Professor of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science and Engineering
- Dr. Mark Maroncelli, Professor of Chemistry
- Dr. Patrick Reed, Assistant Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
- Dr. Mark Shriver, Associate Professor of Anthropology and Genetics
- Dr. Thorsten Wagener, Assistant Professor of Civil Engineering
Hardware
LION-XO consists of the following hardware:
1 login node
- Sun SunFire v20z 1U Rackmount Box
- Dual 2.4 GHz AMD Opteron Processors
- 8 GB of ECC RAM
80 Compute Nodes
- Sun SunFire v20z 1U Rackmount Boxes
- Dual 2.4 GHz AMD Opteron Processors
- 8 GB of ECC RAM
- 219 GB of SCSI disk
40 Compute Nodes
- Sun SunFire v40z 3U Rackmount Boxes
- Quad 2.6 GHz AMD Opteron Processors
- 16 GB of ECC RAM
- 584 GB of SCSI disk
12 Compute Nodes
- Sun SunFire v40z 3U Rackmount Boxes
- Quad 2.6 GHz AMD Opteron Processors
- 32 GB of ECC RAM
- 584 GB of SCSI disk
Force10 E600 Series Gigabit Ethernet Switch
High Speed Silverstorm Infiniband Network
LION-XO Software
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LION-XO 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-XO 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-XO account. Please be sure
to include your Penn State Access Account userid and any special requests
you may have.
Accessing LION-XO
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Please refer to the LION-XO User's Guide for
more information on accessing LION-XO and compiling and running applications on it.
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LION-XO Performance
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Benchmarking is an on-going process. Results so far are very encouraging.
Please click here for the LION-XO 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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