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PrairieFire

PrairieFire

PrairieFire is a 90-node Beowulf cluster, originally constructed in 2002. It originally scored an HPL benchmark number of 442.50 GFlops, which was then the 107th most powerful supercomputer in the world, according to the TOP500 supercomputer list.

PrairieFire was substantially upgraded through an NSF/MRI (Major Research Instrumentation) grant in cooperation with the Water Resources Research Initiative (WRRI) and UNL's Office of Research.

PrairieFire is used by scientists and engineers to study subjects such as nanoscale chemistry, subatomic physics, meteorology, genomics, crashworthiness and artificial intelligence. PrairieFire is also used by students at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln for several courses each year.

 Current jobs running on PrairieFire

State Job ID Priority Name Owner Start/Submit time Queue Cores
running203740.51000progsshantk2009-11-05 18:00:01smp1
running204100.50500pt-testyunzeng2009-11-06 13:39:46pf240h1
running204120.50500pt-testyunzeng2009-11-06 13:43:31pf240h1
running204480.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:46:46ib_a8
running204490.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:31ib_b8
running204500.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:31ib_b8
running204510.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:31ib_b8
running204520.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:31ib_b8
running204530.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:31ib_b8
running204540.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:31ib_b8
running204550.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:31ib_b8
running204560.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:31ib_b8
running204570.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:46ib_a8
running204580.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:46ib_b8
running204590.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:46ib_b8
running204600.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:46ib_b8
running204610.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:46ib_b8
running204620.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:47:46ib_b8
running204640.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:46ib_a8
running204650.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:46ib_b8
running204660.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:46ib_b8
running204670.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:46ib_b8
running204680.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:46ib_b8
running204690.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:46ib_b8
running204700.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:46ib_b8
running204710.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:46pf240h_ib8
running204720.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:56:01pf240h_ib8
running204730.54707gdsetfermijkg2009-11-07 00:45:31ib_b8
running204990.61000GEOS-chemjwang72009-11-06 20:20:16smp16
pending204740.54674gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:51pending8
pending204750.54674gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:52pending8
pending204760.54674gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:53pending8
pending204770.54674gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:55pending8
pending204780.54673gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 17:55:56pending8
pending204790.54673gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:31pending8
pending204800.54673gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:34pending8
pending204810.54673gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:36pending8
pending204820.54673gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:37pending8
pending204830.54672gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:39pending8
pending204840.54672gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:40pending8
pending204850.54672gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:42pending8
pending204860.54672gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:43pending8
pending204870.54672gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:45pending8
pending204880.54672gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:47pending8
pending204890.54672gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:49pending8
pending204900.54671gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:50pending8
pending204910.54671gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:51pending8
pending204920.54671gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:53pending8
pending204930.54671gdsetfermijkg2009-11-06 18:06:54pending8
pending202950.50200h2o_neutralshavkat2009-11-04 16:54:35pending1
Total cores requested and assigned: 219

Last update: November 7, 2009, 3:56 am



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PrairieFire
Overview
Processors
RAM
Connection
Storage
90 Node Production-mode LINUX cluster
(2.2 GHz , 64 bit) 2 Opteron 248
2 Opteron 275
8 Opteron 870
4 GB PC2700 per node

Gigabit Ethernet
1 TB SCSI RAID
(XFS over NFS)
6 TB SATA RAID
(ReiserFS over NFS)
20 GB per node
Recently Added Nodes:
48 2-Socket Quad-Core Nodes (pf24h queue only)
2.2 GHz, 8-Core Per Node
16 GB RAM Per Node
GigE and Infiniband
Same as above.