Machine

• 8 Vector SX-8 nodes equipped with 8 processors SX-8 and six with 64 Gb of memory and two with 128 Gb.
• 1 scalar TX-7 front node equiped whith 8 Itanium II dual-core and 32 Gb of memory.
• 2 Nas Gateway nodes providing access to the GFS2 file system.
• 2 NQS server nodes.

Processors

• SX-8 vector processors are clocked at 1 GHz delivering 32 Gflops.
• The scalar Itanium II processors are clocked at 1.4 GHz.

Networks

• The access to the machine are made by the CCRT Gigabit network.
• Transfers files to the SGI file server "fer" are made by the CCRT Gigabit network.
• Vector nodes are interconnected by a double crossbar IXS.