Annual Report 2011 - CSCS
Annual Report 2011 - CSCS
Annual Report 2011 - CSCS
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Usage by Research Field<br />
Computer Science<br />
2.8%<br />
Astrophysics<br />
5.3%<br />
Materials Science<br />
6.1%<br />
Fluid Dynamics<br />
8.0%<br />
Biosciences<br />
8.3%<br />
Nanoscience<br />
11.5%<br />
Mechanical Engineering 1,9%<br />
Others<br />
3.4%<br />
Computing Systems<br />
Usage by Institution<br />
EMPA 1.5%<br />
University of Cambridge 2.4%<br />
Università della Svizzera italiana<br />
3.4%<br />
Paul Scherrer Institute<br />
6.1%<br />
II KEY INFORMATION<br />
Installation / Peak Performance<br />
Name Supplier & Model Upgrade Usage / Customer (TFlops)<br />
Monte Rosa Cray XE6 2009 / <strong>2011</strong> National User Lab 402.0<br />
Tödi Cray XK6 2010 / <strong>2011</strong> R&D 129.0<br />
Piz Buin Cray XT4 2006 / 2009 MeteoSwiss 5.0<br />
Dole Cray XT4 2006 / 2009 MeteoSwiss 3.3<br />
Phoenix Sun Cluster 2010 / <strong>2011</strong> CHIPP (LHC Grid) 11.8<br />
Eiger Dalco Cluster 2010 / <strong>2011</strong> R&D, Visualisation 10.2<br />
Rigi Sun Cluster 2007 MeteoSwiss & USI 0.5<br />
Piz Julier IBM/Transtec Cluster 2010 / <strong>2011</strong> National User Lab 3.3<br />
Matterhorn Cray XMT <strong>2011</strong> National User Lab -<br />
Rothorn SGI Altix UV 1000 <strong>2011</strong> National User Lab 2.7<br />
Pollux / Castor IBM iDataPlex Cluster <strong>2011</strong> R&D 4.1<br />
Evolution of CPU Usage<br />
Mio CPU h<br />
250<br />
200<br />
150<br />
100<br />
50<br />
0<br />
4<br />
77<br />
Chemistry<br />
20.8%<br />
Physics<br />
16.9%<br />
Earth & Env. Science<br />
15.0%<br />
170<br />
203<br />
2008 2009 2010 <strong>2011</strong><br />
Year<br />
CERN<br />
7.0%<br />
EPF Lausanne<br />
11.0%<br />
University of Basel<br />
12.7%<br />
University of Geneva 1.0%<br />
University of Bern 0.9%<br />
Others<br />
4.0%<br />
ETH Zurich<br />
35.7%<br />
University of Zurich<br />
14.3%<br />
Usage by Number of Cores per Job<br />
1 025 - 4 096 Cores<br />
30%<br />
4 097 - 16 384 Cores<br />
6%<br />
> 16 384 Cores<br />
5%<br />
1 - 256 Cores<br />
23%<br />
257 - 1 024 Cores<br />
36%<br />
9
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