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Resources

Currently, OSCER hardware resources are housed in the Stephenson Research & Technology Center and Merrick Computing Center, both on the OU Norman campus.

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How to Access OSCER Resources

XEON64 OCT CORE LINUX CLUSTER
boomer.oscer.ou.edu


Manufactured by Dell
OS: Red Hat Linux Enterprise 6
CPU: Xeon64 oct core "Sandy Bridge" E3-2650 2.0 GHz
Hardware & Software
Documentation

OU CONDOR POOL
condor.oscer.ou.edu

Approximately 800 PCs, 20+ TFLOPs peak.

Want to set up your own Condor pool using our coLinux approach? Click here.

Condor Pool

OKLAHOMA PETASTORE
(PetaScale Storage Archive)

We'll be happy to teach you how to use the PetaStore.
to make an appointment.

Policies and Procedures

IBM DCS9900 (IBM-branded DataDirect Networks S2A9900) Disk System
Disk Drive Format: SATA
Disk drive capacity, each, raw: 2 TB
Current number of drives: 300 2 TB SATA 7200 RPM
Current capacity: ~430 TB useable
Maximum capacity: ~1.7 PB useable (2 TB, 1200 disk drives in 2 frames)

IBM DCS9900 Disk System

IBM TS3500 Tape Library
Tape format: LTO-5
Tape cartridge capacity, each, native: 1.5 TB
Current number of drives: 4 LTO-5 (140 MB/sec peak each)
Current number of tape cartridges: 100 LTO-5
Current capacity, native: 150 TB native
Maximum capacity, native, as configured: 4.3 PB (LTO-5, 2889 cartridges in 3 frames)
Maximum capacity, native, maximal system: 34 PB (LTO-5, 22,689 cartridges in 18 frames)
(Note that "native" means "not compressed by the tape library.")

Note that this tape library is used for bulk data archiving.

IBM TS3500 Tape Library

These resources and their availability are subject to change without notice (although notice will be given if at all possible).

 

 


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