System Configuration
- 512 Intel Pentium III 733 MHz processors
- IBM Netfinity 4500R nodes
Node Configuration
- 1 GB RAM
- 9 GB SCSI local storage for OS and local scratch
- Myrinet high performance interconnect
- RedHat 6.1 (2.2.13 kernel)
Mass Storage
- 1 TB high performance RAID SSA storage
- 2 TB hierarchical storage with ADSM
Alliance Introduces 512-Processor LosLobos Supercluster - March 2000 (PDF - format)
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