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PROTECT -‐ CONTRACT ICE-‐CSE ADVANCE Provision of an “experimental” system on the suppliers roadmap to Exascale and forms the basis of the collaboration 75 30.6 ICE-‐CSE FUTURES Access to future products and input by STFC into the suppliers Exascale computing developments 25 10.2 ICE-‐CSE APPS Establishing a collaborative partnership with the supplier 90 36.7 Total 245 100.0 2 Environmental (M0, D0.1, M1, M2, D1.1, D1.2, D1.3) This section refers to the complete environmental specification of the solution, hence applies in total to the ICE-‐CSE BASE system, the ICE-‐CSE ADVANCE system and the file storage system which works with both systems. The £6m total figure is inclusive of all taxes, most especially VAT, and covers the entirety of the tender response. We are not asking for a breakdown of spending by system or by component. Our power budget stated is derived from a limit we have on recurrent operating costs. We have translated our budget figure into an average 300kW, but are asking suppliers to quote within the peak envelope of 400kW, and are taking the risk on electricity price fluctuations ourselves. STFC are commissioning water cooling systems in the Daresbury machine room which the supplier will be required to use to cool both the ICE-‐CSE BASE and the ICE-‐CSE ADVANCE systems. The figure of 75% (or greater) of the heat expelled by the equipment to be cooled by water accounts for heat expelled to air and chilled by CRAC units by both compute and storage equipment. We are very interested in high-‐temperature cooling options, which allow us to reduce running costs by minimising the requirement to operate water chillers. We are also interested in reducing infrastructure costs by using a single chilled water loop which passes through the computer equipment and also expels air externally, and therefore needs to be include anti-‐freeze. Suppliers should satisfy themselves that they have included all the necessary pipes, heat exchanging equipment etc (see M2) to connect and utilize the STFC water supply. 2.1 Additional requirements Suppliers should satisfy themselves that the equipment can be delivered to and installed in the computer hall using the designated access route. (See M2.) Suppliers must provide a risk assessment and method statement for delivery and installation of equipment in advance for approval by STFC. Responses for the ICS-‐CSE BASE and ICS-‐CSE ADVANCE systems may differ. 2.2 Hardware Support The Supplier shall specify the proposed hardware support arrangements for the initial 3 years including: • Nominated providers of support for all aspects of the hardware • Contact details for the nominated providers • Hours of support throughout a calendar year • Responsibility and capability for fault diagnosis ICE-‐ CSE Tender Evaluation Matrix – Additional Notes Page 2
PROTECT -‐ CONTRACT • Response times for hardware diagnosis and replacement • Responsibility for delivery, fitting and despatch of parts • Policy on EOL hardware disposal • Escalation procedure 2.3 System Software Support The Supplier shall specify the proposed system software support arrangements for the initial 3 years including: • A definition of the scope of system software • Nominated providers of support for all aspects of the system software • Contact details for the above • Hours of support throughout a calendar year • Responsibility and capability for fault diagnosis • Mechanism for application of fixes and upgrades • Responsibility for installation of software upgrades • Escalation procedure • Tools and interfaces to allow monitoring of the hardware status, including peripherals, and system software 3 ICE-‐CSE BASE (M3, M4, D4.1, D4.2, M5, M6, D6.1, M7, D7.1, M8, D8.1, D8.2) ICE-‐CSE BASE is a “conventional” HPC system, on which we want to be able to engage industrial partners and run our current suit of HPC applications. 3.1 Permanent File Store Whilst the file store requirements are specified in the ICE-‐CSE BASE section it is emphasised that the file store must also support the ICE-‐CSE ADVANCE system, and should be sized and configured to support both ICE-‐CSE BASE and ICE-‐CSE ADVANCE systems and will be expected to meet similar performance requirements with each system as detailed in the IO benchmark requirements. 3.1.1 Performance The assessment of file store performance is based upon the ratio (rp) rp= aggregatebandwidthtotalmemoryWhere • aggregate bandwidth is in bytes/second • total memory is in bytes A minimum rp of 1/250 is mandatory. The aggregate performance will be measured using IOR, running on all nodes in both systems at the same time. The benchmark file will be provided separately, but will run a set of tests at block sizes from 1MB to 512MB, with transfer sizes from 64k to 1024k. 3.1.1.1 Minimal systems example Suppose ICE-‐CSE BASE has 2048 cores each with 1GB memory and 2 X 256GB large memory nodes. Total memory = 2,560GB ICE-‐ CSE Tender Evaluation Matrix – Additional Notes Page 3
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