Installation of the IBM TS3500 tape library at CSCS
In early 2013 an automated tape library (IBM TS3500) was installed at CSCS increasing the storage capacity up to ~ 27.4 PB petabytes of uncompressed data. The library is composed of 16 … Read More
Category: Technology
A new light source for quantum computers
Researchers at EPFL have discovered a new way of emitting photons one at a time. They have constructed semiconductor nanowires with “quantum dots” of unprecedented quality – a discovery with … Read More
A New Super-Green Supercomputer at EPFL
Since January 28, researchers from EPFL and the Universities of Geneva and Lausanne have benefitted from a new supercomputer, the BlueGene/Q. This computer is four times more powerful than its … Read More
CSCS participates to radio broadcast about the future of Internet
On January 9th 2013 CSCS participated in the RSI RETE UNO radio program “Millevoci” to discuss the future of internet. Nicola Colotti invited CSCS associate director Michele De Lorenzi and two … Read More
Upgrade of GPU accelerators on a Cray XK6 from NVIDIA Fermi to Kepler at CSCS
In October CSCS upgraded the accelerators of the “Tödi” system from NVIDIA Fermi X2090 (Cray XK6) to Kepler K20X (Cray XK7). Have a look at how Cray staff replaced the … Read More
Video: Assembling of the Cray XC30 “Piz Daint” at CSCS
The Cray XC30 has arrived at CSCS on December 5th, 2012. After just a few days of assembly it has found its place in the new CSCS machine room, complementing the already … Read More
NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) and NCAR Yellowstone supercomputer
Rich Loft, Director of Technology and Development at the Computing Lab of the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) and Aaron Andersen (Deputy Director for Operations at NCAR) have been … Read More
Video from 41st SPEEDUP Workshop: Jack Dongarra on the Future of High Performance Computing
One of the main activities of the SPEEDUP Society is the organization of an annual workshop on high performance computing and related topics for the Swiss scientific community. Each year … Read More
Whamcloud and CSCS Sign Lustre Support Agreement
Whamcloud and CSCS have announced a Lustre support agreement. CSCS has a Lustre-based scratch file system for their flagship supercomputer system, Monte Rosa, which is a 47,872 core Cray XE6. … Read More
Slidecast: Running GPFS over Obsidian LongBow, Hussein N. Harake
Hussein N. Harake presented at the HPC Advisory Council in Lugano how CSCS is moving without service disruption data from the old location in Manno to a new building in … Read More
Slidecast: New HSM over GPFS/TSM at CSCS
Stefano Gorini (CSCS) presented at the HPC Advisory Council in Lugano the storage of CSCS based on a GPFS / HSM solution. The GPFS filesystem at CSCS QFS/SAM-FS to GPFS … Read More
Slidecast: HPC Disaster Recovery at CSCS, Hussein N. Harake
At the last HPC Advisory Council Workshop in Lugano Hussein N. Harake presented how the storage disaster recovery is implemented at CSCS based on HSM solution of IBM. Contents: Overview … Read More