Testing our new secret filesystem... no caching or silly business going on here, all raw spindles and extremely suspect but reproducible fork bombs courtesy of tcsh. Where hosts contains 20 machines... [root@localhost jcuff]# foreach h (`cat hosts`) foreach? ssh $h /mnt/share/jcuff/dd.sh $h & foreach? end And where dd.sh is simply a 16 way fork bomb: [root@localhost jcuff]# cat dd.sh #!/bin/tcsh foreach h…
Research Computing Adds 28,000 Processors to Cluster
With the opening of the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC) in November 2012, Research Computing began the build out of its new server infrastructure located in Holyoke, MA. The end result was a cluster 28,000 processors stronger bringing total compute to over 54,000 CPUs. While computing power went up, total energy consumption went down. The MGHPCC facility was designed to minimize cooling…
MGHPCC Open for Business
State of the Art Data Center Will Keep Massachusetts at Forefront of Innovation Economy HOLYOKE – Friday, November 16, 2012 – Governor Deval Patrick and Lieutenant Governor Timothy Murray joined university leaders and technology executives today to cut the ribbon on the Massachusetts Green High Performance Computing Center (MGHPCC). The new Center will keep Massachusetts at the forefront of the innovation…
Research Computing to play vital role in $9 million grant from the National Institute of Mental Health
From the Harvard Gazette By Peter Reuell, Harvard Staff Writer Have you ever wondered why infants can learn foreign languages easily, while older children and parents struggle? Or why your third-grader can fix your computer, but you can barely check your email? The answer, scientists have long known, lies in the way brains develop. All children experience what researchers call “critical…
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