ExCALIBUR HES Rockport Phase 2
Lead Research Organisation:
Durham University
Department Name: Physics
Abstract
Funding for additional Rockport network fabric (cards, cables, shuffles), to enable exactly half of the COSMA7 HPC facility to be converted to Rockport, and thus see how well it compares with a traditional InfiniBand fabric for large scientific codes in a production environment.
Organisations
People |
ORCID iD |
| Alastair Basden (Principal Investigator) |
| Description | The Rockport network fabric is a viable alternative to Infiniband on moderate sized clusters. |
| Exploitation Route | Design decisions when procuring large HPC systems. |
| Sectors | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
| Description | Demonstration that the Rockport network fabric is reliable and a realistic alternative to existing fabrics. |
| Sector | Digital/Communication/Information Technologies (including Software) |
| Description | DiRAC-3 Operations 2023-26 - Durham |
| Amount | £1,264,938 (GBP) |
| Funding ID | ST/X000265/1 |
| Organisation | Science and Technologies Facilities Council (STFC) |
| Sector | Public |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Start | 03/2023 |
| End | 03/2026 |