SciNet: Lessons Learned from Building a Power-efficient Top-20 System and Data Centre

SciNet, one of seven regional HPC consortia operating under the Compute Canada umbrella, runs Canada's first and third fastest computers (as of June 2010) in a state-of-the-art, highly energy-efficient datacentre with a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) design-point of 1.16. Power efficiency, com...

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Published in:Journal of physics. Conference series Vol. 256; no. 1; p. 012026
Main Authors: Loken, Chris, Gruner, Daniel, Groer, Leslie, Peltier, Richard, Bunn, Neil, Craig, Michael, Henriques, Teresa, Dempsey, Jillian, Yu, Ching-Hsing, Chen, Joseph, Dursi, L Jonathan, Chong, Jason, Northrup, Scott, Pinto, Jaime, Knecht, Neil, Zon, Ramses Van
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Bristol IOP Publishing 01.11.2010
Subjects:
Data centers
Physics
Power efficiency
Canada
ISSN:1742-6596, 1742-6588, 1742-6596
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Summary:SciNet, one of seven regional HPC consortia operating under the Compute Canada umbrella, runs Canada's first and third fastest computers (as of June 2010) in a state-of-the-art, highly energy-efficient datacentre with a Power Usage Effectiveness (PUE) design-point of 1.16. Power efficiency, computational "bang for the buck" and system capability for a handful of flagship science projects were important criteria in choosing the nature of the computers and the data centre itself. Here we outline some of the lessons learned in putting together the systems and the data centre that hosts Canada's fastest computer to date.
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ISSN:1742-6596
1742-6588
1742-6596
DOI:10.1088/1742-6596/256/1/012026