A Dedicated Workstation Cluster: ETL-Wiz

ETL-Wiz cluster was constructed by ETL in September 1996.

Specifications

Wiz cluster

wiz

Processor	AlphaStation 500 (333MHz Alpha 21164)
#PE	32 (+1)
Memory	512MB(8PE), 256MB(8PE), 128MB(16PE)
Cache	L1: 8KB, L2: 96KB, L3: 2MB
Network	Fast Ethernet 100Base TX
Switch	1.2Gbps backplane
OS	Digital UNIX 4.0D
Software	NFS/MPI/PVM Load Monitor

Features

Auto processor selection using lock files.
Easy maintainance -- auto-boot and auto-shutdown by UPS
Shared console
Fully connectd network by switching module
Non-uniform memory size --- NPB class B can run with 8, 16 and 32 procs.

UPS	Host machine & Switch

Basic Performance

Linpack

Throughput

4-byte latency	142 usec.
Maximum throughput	10.7 MB/s

NAS Parallel Benchmrk 2

NPB

Global Computing

Ninf

Parallel Numerical Algorithms

MGCG Method -- Parallel Multigrid preconditioned Conjugate Gradient Method
Parallel Gaussian Elimination
Parallel FFT

Performance Evaluation

TEA

Parallel Applications

Virtual Microscope
Plasma Simulation
Computational Fluid Dynamics

Osamu Tatebe <tatebe@etl.go.jp>

Last modified: Thu Sep 28 17:16:31 JST 2000