Red Squall

Red Squall is a 256 node (512 processor) cluster with a charter to provide a platform for Sandia's high-performance computing research and development activities. The cluster is based on the Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) Opteron processor for computation and the Quadrics QsNetII high-speed interconnect for message passing. The cluster uses a secondary Ethernet network for management and reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) features. The cluster utilizes commercial embedded computers utilizing Intel x-86 processors and standard Ethernet components for the management and RAS network. The cluster supports operating system research, parallel file system research, cluster management tool development, RAS research and application porting, optimization and scaling studies.

Contact: Doug Doerfler

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