What is TACC?
Texas Advanced Computing Center provides:
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LONESTAR:
- 1906 1888 nodes (computers)
- 22,656 cores (processors)
- Max run time: 24 hours
- USE: For running large, parallel computation jobs.
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- Replicated storage
- 6 Petabytes of storage
- Accessible on lonestar and stampede systems
- $250 per terabyte (First 5 terabytes free for UT users)
- USE: Backup data, analysis results.
RANCH:
- Tape storage
- Archival storage- not replicated or backed up.
- 60 Petabytes of storage
- Immediate access can be difficult.
- USE: Long term archival of data. One of two copies.
Now on to how to use the lonestar cluster...