Computing Resources

Sometimes even non-interactive programs, like diffusion data batch processing, can be very resource-intensive. We have a couple different options for big iron to throw at such tasks.

Fast Machines

Your workstation is a pretty sweet piece of hardware to begin with, but you might find you need an even better machine to farm out work. See the lists below for a few you could try.

Note that the "Athlon 64" processor is just a brand name; machines with these processors, like almost all others in the department, have 32-bit architectures.

Linux

You can log into these machines with ssh and run interactive or non-interactive jobs on them.

Host       CPU Cache  CPU Type                      CPU Speed  Memory  IP Address
---------  ---------  ----------------------------  ---------  ------  --------------
bun
george                Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+             2.0 GB  128.148.38.141
pitman                Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600                  4.0 GB  128.148.38.110
point                 Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600                  4.0 GB  128.148.33.31
sargent               Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600                  4.0 GB  128.148.38.130
scope                 Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+             2.0 GB  128.148.31.142
stereo                Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+             2.0 GB  128.148.31.140
stone                 Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+             2.0 GB  128.148.31.139
sixg                                                           6.0 GB
tetra
transit               Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+             1.0 GB  128.148.38.148
udall                 Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+             2.0 GB  128.148.33.209
wheat                 Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+             2.0 GB  128.148.31.88

Note that sixg, while formerly a very powerful machine, is actually a fair bit slower now than most of these other hosts. It does have six gigs of memory, though, which can be nice.

Windows

If for some reason you're writing Windows programs, these machines, most of which live in the graphics lab, might be of use.

Host       CPU Cache  CPU Type                      CPU Speed  Memory  IP Address
---------  ---------  ----------------------------  ---------  ------  --------------
aristotle
bach                  Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+             4.0 GB  128.148.38.156
butler     1024 MB    Athlon XP 2700+                                  128.148.37.35
daisy      3071 MB    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600       2.40GHz            128.148.38.177
extend     1023 MB    Athlon 64 Processor 3000+                        128.148.37.33
fuzzy      1023 MB    Athlon 64 Processor 3000+                        128.148.33.215
naboo      2047 MB    Athlon 64 X2 Dual Core 3800+                     128.148.33.217
skirt      3071 MB    Intel Core 2 Quad Q6600       2.40GHz            128.148.31.24
staff       511 MB    Athlon XP1800+                                   128.148.37.20
unnamed    1023 MB    Athlon 64 Processor 3000+                        128.148.38.174
wideload              Intel XEON                               512 MB  128.148.38.140

CS Department Compute Grid

The CS department runs a huge cluster of machines that are managed by the Sun Grid Engine. Eventually all the idle machines in the department will be added to the resource pool that the SGE can assign jobs to. Check out the tutorial on HOWTO run parallel jobs on the Sun Grid Engine.