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.
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 |
| Title | Rockport module for COSMA |
| Description | An environment module which users can load to optimise their use when using the Rockport fabric. |
| Type Of Material | Improvements to research infrastructure |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Efficient use of the Rockport fabric |
| Description | MPPHEA |
| Organisation | Durham University |
| Department | Institute for Computational Cosmology |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Academic/University |
| PI Contribution | The MPPHEA collaboration used the Rockport test cluster for testing of their codes. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Acceleration of HPC codes on new technologies. |
| Impact | Faster codes, and adjustments for the Rockport fabric |
| Start Year | 2023 |
| Title | Rockport module for COSMA |
| Description | An environment module which optimises settings for the rockport fabric |
| Type Of Technology | Webtool/Application |
| Year Produced | 2023 |
| Impact | Improved HPC software performance |