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NOTUR
www.notur.org
The NorwegianHigh-Performance Computational
Infrastructure
NOTUR
The Consortium:NTNUUiOUiBUiT
DNMISINTEFStatoil
Ceetron ASA/ViewTech ASA(Telenor)
….in response to
The Principal Mission
defined by the Research Council to be:• to offer a cost effective national infrastructure for high
performance computing for scientists at Norwegian universities and colleges;
• to provide the Norwegian Meteorological Institute with the required high performance computing facilities for operational forecasting and research;
• to ensure that other participants who contribute to the funding of the program can utilise the facilities.
National High Performance Computational Environment
A nationally accessible high-performance computational environment will give users a competitive edge.
TRONDHEIM
OSLO
BERGEN
Tromsø
National Roles
NTNU: Large-scale parallel computation.
UiO: Data intensive computation.
UiB: Affordable parallel computing.
UiT: CPU-intensive sequential simulations.
(Serve local needs)
High Operational Quality
Round the clock continuous operation will provide high availability and stability of the resource.
Operations Metacenter
Common framework for the user interface, including e.g.
• homogeneous file system• homogeneous queuing system• uniform application- and log-in
environmentAvoid duplicate efforts through e.g.
• common training programs• local user support, but with a single
contact point
Integration
Integrated collaboration between universities, research institutes and industry will accelerate the innovation process.
Feedback
Implementation
Decision
Solution
Modelling
Problem formulation
Technology Push and Application Pull
Multi-disciplinary collaboration between mathematicians, computer scientists and researchers within science and engineering will stimulate innovative research and development. A
CM
Applications
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Projects
CSE
Scientific Visualisation
The national high-performance computational environment will be extended to include real-time and large-scale visualisation technologies.
International Collaboration
Links to international partners will be important for the national HPC environment.
Project Organisation
M anagem entTeam
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O p e ratio nsU iB
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Project Manager
Steering Com m ittee
NTNUv/U niversity D irector
Resource allocationC om m ittee
Research Councilv/Program m e C om m ittee
for H PC
HPC Metacenter
HPC Metacenter
The goal of the Metacenter is
to establish a uniform, and
as seamless as possible,
access to the Resources and
Support infrastructure in the
NOTUR network
• Quota application• Regulations of use• Training• Computer resources• Application management• User support
Emerging Technologies
Enable the Norwegian research and engineering community to take advantage of early use of emerging technologies in HPC.
• Technology watch (new technologies, new demands)
• Computational GRID concepts• Support the Metacenter
(operations, user interface)• National dimension
Technology Transfer Projects
The goal of the TTPs is to
strengthen the competence and
usage of HPC.
In addition the project shall
accelerate the accessability of
effective HPC-tools and
mechanisms amongst
HPC-users in Norway.
• Scalable algorithms• Scientific visualisation• Climate and Environment• Industry and Energy• Nature Science
Outreach and Dissemination
Acceleration of the awareness and take up of HPC among a broader field of application will extend the impact of HPC on the Norwegian society. Introduce HPC to at least one
new research area every year
Budget (Total 168 MNOK)
Expenditures Sources
Progress Plan
Q4, 2000: First installation, Trondheim. Start Metacenter, Emerging technologies, Outreach and dissemination.
Q1-Q2, 2001: First installations at UiO and UiT. Start TTPs.
Q3, 2001: Installation at UiB.
Q2-Q4, 2002: Equipment upgrades at NTNU, UiO, UiT.
Q4, 2003: Project termination, option for extension.
HPC resources (Oct-2001)
Centre System Type CPUs Mflops prcpu/
Total Gflops
Totalmemory
(GB)
Diskcapacity
(GB)
NTNU SGI Origin SMP 220 800/176 220 1700
NTNU Cray T3E MMP 96 600/58 13 237
UiO HP SuperDome SMP 44 2200/97 88 2500
UiO HP N4000 SMP 8 1760/14 6 300
UiT HP SuperDome SMP 32 2200/71 32 1000
UiB
Possible Areas of Nordic Cooperation
• User group, operational experience• Technical problems data base• User FAQs data base • Short courses, training programs for technical
staff