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The range of this task covers the realization of an SGI testbed cluster basing on hardware infrastructure owned by individual scientific centers. Afterwards the testbed cluster will be extended to adjust its capabilities to these required for performing specified tasks within the confines of the project. In order to perform computational tasks management, the LSF Standard Edition and LSF Multicluster software, as well as the VizSerwer application that makes remote visualization running possible, will be purchased.

Base hardware infrastructure covers (see Picture 1): Gdańsk: SGI Power Challenge XL (8 CPU), Onyx2/Origin2000 (32 CPU) Kraków: SGI Origin 2800 (128 CPU) Łódź: SGI Power Challenge L (6 CPU) Poznań: SGI Power Challenge XL (12 XPU), SGI Origin 3800 (64 CPU) Wrocław: SGI Onyx (4 CPU), SGI Origin 2000 (32 CPU) IMGW: SGI Origin 3800 (100 CPU) Some of these system will be used for the testbed construction. The testbed installation proposed in the project consists of 4 elements: large-scale computations cluster (for research concerning virtual laboratory, backup computational center and intermediate layer development), data visualization cluster (for research concerning virtual laboratory, backup computational center, intermediate layer development and parallel visualization for large-scale computations), graphic workstation cluster (for research concerning virtual laboratory, intermediate layer development and parallel visualization for large-scale computations), cluster of Linux-equipped systems with Intel processors (for research concerning intermediate layer development).

Picture 1. SGI cluster base hardware infrastructure

In the scope of large-scale computation and visualization clusters Origin 3000 (PSNC), Origin 2000 (Cyfronet, IMGW), Onyx and Onyx2 (TASK, PSNC, WSNC) systems will be used. Additionally, the Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry PAS will make its Nuclear Magnetic Resonance tool accessible for testbed research. However, testbed installations require extending their configurations with new elements necessary for appropriate performing of the R&D phase.

• Stages of testbed infrastructure construction
• SGI contribution to the testbed installation (PostScript format)
• Purchase specification (PostScript format)

After finishing the R&D stage of the project it is planned to provide the scientific environments with partial access to the testbed installation and to join the installation with the existing nationwide cluster.