Large scale commodity clusters for lattice QCD

✍ Scribed by A. Pochinsky; W. Akers; R. Brower; J. Chen; P. Dreher; R. Edwards; S. Gottlieb; D. Holmgren; P. Mackenzie; J. Negele; D. Richards; J. Simone; W. Watson

• Book ID: 104354441
• Publisher: Elsevier Science
• Year: 2003
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 222 KB
• Volume: 119
• Category: Article
• ISSN: 0920-5632
• DOI: 10.1016/s0920-5632(03)01757-2

✦ Synopsis

We describe the construction of large scale clusters for lattice QCD computing being developed under the umbrella of the U.S. DOE SciDAC initiative. We discuss the study of floating point and network performance that drove the design of the cluster, and present our plans for future multi-Terascale facilities.