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'''Yellowstone'''<ref>, NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) website: Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-12.</ref> will be the inaugural computing resource at the ]-Wyoming Supercomputing Center<ref>, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) website, Retrieved 2012-06-12.</ref> (NWSC) in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is being installed, tested, and readied for production in the summer of 2012<ref>, IBM News Release, 08 Nov 2011.</ref>. Yellowstone will be a highly capable ] system designed for conducting breakthrough scientific research in the interdisciplinary field of ]. '''Yellowstone'''<ref>, NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) website: Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-12.</ref> will be the inaugural computing resource at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center<ref>, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) website, Retrieved 2012-06-12.</ref> (NWSC) in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is being installed, tested, and readied for production in the summer of 2012<ref>, IBM News Release, 08 Nov 2011.</ref>. Yellowstone will be a highly capable ] system designed for conducting breakthrough scientific research in the interdisciplinary field of ]. Scientists will use this computer and its associated resources to model and analyze complex processes in the atmosphere, oceans, ice caps, and throughout the Earth system, accelerating scientific research in climate change, severe weather, geomagnetic storms, carbon sequestration, aviation safety, wildfires, and many other topics<ref>, ''NCAR/UCAR AtmosNews'', 7 November 2011.</ref> <ref>, NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) website: Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-12.</ref>. Funded by the ] and the ] and ], and operated by the ], Yellowstone’s purpose is to improve the predictive power of Earth system science simulation to benefit decision-making and planning for society<ref>, Proposal to The National Science Foundation by The National Center for Atmospheric Research and The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in partnership with The University and State of Wyoming, 4 September 2009.</ref>.


== System description ==
Yellowstone will be an IBM iDataPlex supercomputer system, consisting of 4,662 nodes, each with two Intel Sandy Bridge EP processors, for a total of 74,592 processor cores and 149.2 terabytes of memory. Nodes will be connected using a Mellanox FDR InfiniBand full fat tree. Nodes will run Red Hat Enterprise Linux Version 6.
Yellowstone will be a 1.5-] IBM iDataPlex cluster computer with 4,518 dual-socket compute ] that contain 9,036, 2.6-GHz Intel Xeon E5-2670 8-core processors (72,288 cores), and its aggregate memory size will be 144.6 ]<ref name="specifications">, NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) website: Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-12.</ref>. The nodes interconnect in a full ] via a Mellanox FDR ] switching fabric<ref name="specifications" />. System software<ref>, NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) website: Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-12.</ref> includes the ] operating system for Scientific Computing<ref>, Red Hat Products website, Retrieved 2012-06-12.</ref>, ] Batch Subsystem and Resource Manager<ref></ref>, and ] (GPFS)<ref name="specifications" />.


Yellowstone will be integrated with many other high-performance computing resources in the NWSC (see Figure 1). The central feature of this supercomputing architecture is its shared ] that streamlines science ] by providing computation, analysis, and ] work spaces common to all resources. This common data storage pool, called the GLobally Accessible Data Environment<ref>, ''FY2011 CISL Annual Report''. '''Note:''' This October 2011 report describes GLADE at NCAR’s Mesa Lab Computing Facility in Boulder, Colorado. The design of GLADE at NWSC in Cheyenne, Wyoming is identical at this level of description.</ref> (GLADE), will initially provide 11 ] of online disk capacity to be shared by the supercomputer, two ] and visualization (DAV) cluster computers (Geyser and Caldera)<ref name="specifications" />, data servers for both local and remote users, and a data ] with the capacity to store over 100 petabytes of research data. High-speed ] will connect this Yellowstone environment to science gateways<ref>, ''FY2011 CISL Annual Report''.</ref>, data transfer services, remote visualization resources, ] sites, and partner sites around the world.
The central file and data storage resource, called GLADE, will consist of file system servers and storage devices that will be linked to the supercomputer systems and eventually provide 16.42 petabytes of usable disk space.


This integration of computing resources, file systems, data storage, and broadband networks will allow scientists to simulate future geophysical scenarios at high resolution, then analyze and visualize them on one computing complex<ref>, ''HPCwire'', November 07, 2011.</ref>. This improves scientific productivity by avoiding the delays associated with moving large quantities of data between separate systems<ref>, ''FY2010 NCAR Annual Report''.</ref>. Further, this reduces the volume of data that needs to be transferred to researchers at their home institutions. The Yellowstone environment at NWSC will make more than 600 million processor-hours available each year to researchers in the Earth system sciences<ref>, ''News@Unidata'', 22 November 2011.</ref>.
The Yellowstone system features 9.7 million times the computational rate, 3.4 million times the disk capacity, and 19 million times the central memory size of one of the world’s first supercomputers, the Cray 1-A, which supported NCAR’s computational science between 1977 and 1989.


<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2011/11/10/ncar_yellowstone_super_ibm</ref>
<ref>http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/pressrelease/35946.wss</ref>
<ref>http://www.cesm.ucar.edu/management/SSC/Presentations/yellowstone.pdf</ref>


== References == == References ==

Revision as of 23:49, 12 June 2012

Yellowstone will be the inaugural computing resource at the NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center (NWSC) in Cheyenne, Wyoming. It is being installed, tested, and readied for production in the summer of 2012. Yellowstone will be a highly capable petascale system designed for conducting breakthrough scientific research in the interdisciplinary field of Earth system science. Scientists will use this computer and its associated resources to model and analyze complex processes in the atmosphere, oceans, ice caps, and throughout the Earth system, accelerating scientific research in climate change, severe weather, geomagnetic storms, carbon sequestration, aviation safety, wildfires, and many other topics . Funded by the National Science Foundation and the State and University of Wyoming, and operated by the National Center for Atmospheric Research, Yellowstone’s purpose is to improve the predictive power of Earth system science simulation to benefit decision-making and planning for society.

System description

Yellowstone will be a 1.5-Petaflops\petaflops IBM iDataPlex cluster computer with 4,518 dual-socket compute nodes that contain 9,036, 2.6-GHz Intel Xeon E5-2670 8-core processors (72,288 cores), and its aggregate memory size will be 144.6 terabytes. The nodes interconnect in a full fat tree network via a Mellanox FDR InfiniBand switching fabric. System software includes the operating system for Scientific Computing, LSF Batch Subsystem and Resource Manager, and IBM General Parallel File System (GPFS).

Yellowstone will be integrated with many other high-performance computing resources in the NWSC (see Figure 1). The central feature of this supercomputing architecture is its shared file system that streamlines science workflows by providing computation, analysis, and visualization work spaces common to all resources. This common data storage pool, called the GLobally Accessible Data Environment (GLADE), will initially provide 11 petabytes of online disk capacity to be shared by the supercomputer, two data analysis and visualization (DAV) cluster computers (Geyser and Caldera), data servers for both local and remote users, and a data archive with the capacity to store over 100 petabytes of research data. High-speed networks will connect this Yellowstone environment to science gateways, data transfer services, remote visualization resources, XSEDE sites, and partner sites around the world.

This integration of computing resources, file systems, data storage, and broadband networks will allow scientists to simulate future geophysical scenarios at high resolution, then analyze and visualize them on one computing complex. This improves scientific productivity by avoiding the delays associated with moving large quantities of data between separate systems. Further, this reduces the volume of data that needs to be transferred to researchers at their home institutions. The Yellowstone environment at NWSC will make more than 600 million processor-hours available each year to researchers in the Earth system sciences.


References

  1. "Yellowstone", NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) website: Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  2. "NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center Fact Sheet", University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR) website, Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  3. NCAR Advances Weather Research Capabilities With IBM Supercomputing Technology, IBM News Release, 08 Nov 2011.
  4. NCAR Selects IBM for Key Components of New Supercomputing Center, NCAR/UCAR AtmosNews, 7 November 2011.
  5. Yellowstone, NWSC science impact, NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) website: Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  6. The NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center Science Justification, Proposal to The National Science Foundation by The National Center for Atmospheric Research and The University Corporation for Atmospheric Research in partnership with The University and State of Wyoming, 4 September 2009.
  7. ^ System overview, Yellowstone: High-performance computing resource, NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) website: Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  8. Yellowstone Software, NCAR Computational and Information Systems Laboratory (CISL) website: Resources. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  9. Red Hat Enterprise Linux For Scientific Computing, Red Hat Products website, Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  11. NCAR’s Globally Accessible Data Environment, FY2011 CISL Annual Report. Note: This October 2011 report describes GLADE at NCAR’s Mesa Lab Computing Facility in Boulder, Colorado. The design of GLADE at NWSC in Cheyenne, Wyoming is identical at this level of description.
  12. Science gateway services, FY2011 CISL Annual Report.
  13. NCAR to Install 1.6 Petaflop IBM Supercomputer, HPCwire, November 07, 2011.
  14. New data service speeds the progress of research, FY2010 NCAR Annual Report.
  15. NCAR's next supercomputer: Yellowstone, News@Unidata, 22 November 2011.

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