Tier1 Procurements

RAL Tier1 Procurements

FY 07/08

Batch Workers:

• Streamline: 57 x Supermicro twins with dual quad-core E5410 CPUs, 2GB/core, 1 x 500GB HDD.
• Clustervision: 56 x Supermicro twins with dual quad-core E5440 CPUs, 2GB/core, 1 x 500GB HDD.

Capacity Storage:

• Viglen: 91 x 16-bay Supermicro chassis, 9TB each.
  • 14 x 750GB WD HDD RAID6 for data and 2 x 250 GB WD HDD RAID1 for system
  • Dual dual-core AMD 2220 CPUs, 8GB RAM, dual 3ware 9650SE controllers
• Viglen: 91 x 16-bay Supermicro chassis, 9TB each.
  • 14 x 750GB Seagate HDD RAID6 for data and 2 x 400 GB Seagate HDD RAID1 for system
  • Dual quad-core E5310 CPUs, 8GB RAM, dual 3ware 9650SE controllers.

Xen virtualisation:

• Viglen: 4 x Dual-core AMD 2222 machines with 32GB RAM and 4x750GB disks on 3ware RAID controller.

Services:

• Streamline: 11 x Supermicro twins with dual quad-core E5410, 16GB RAM, 2 x 500GB HDD.

FY 08/09

Batch Workers: (two batches of at least 1500 SI2K6 each):

• Streamline: 57 x Supermicro twins with dual quad-core L5420, 2GB/core, 1 x 500GB HDD.
• Viglen: 55 x Supermicro twins with dual quad-core E5420, 2GB/core, 1 x 500GB HDD.

Capacity Storage (~2200TB useable):

• Streamline: 50 x 24-bay Supermicro chassis, 20TB each.
  • 22 x 1TB HDD RAID6 for data and 2 x 1TB HDD RAID1 for system.
  • 8GB RAM. Areca controller.
• Viglen: 60 x 24bay Supermicro chassis, 20TB each.
  • 22 x 1TB HDD RAID6 for data and 2 x 250 GB HDD RAID1 for system.
  • 8GB RAM, dual 3ware controllers.

Services:

• Viglen: 10 x Supermicro twins with dual quad-core E5420, 16GB RAM, 2 x 750GB HDD.

Oracle RACs:

• Streamline: 3 x Dell PE 2950, dual quad-core E5420, 16 GB RAM, 3 x 250GB HDD RAID 1+1 on 3ware controller, Qlogic 2462 HBA.
• 3U 16-bay Infortrend A16F-G2430 with 16 x 500GB SATA-II HDD, 2 x 4Gb/s FC

FY 09/10

Batch Workers (two batches of at least 7500 HS06 each):

• Viglen: 21 x Supermicro 2U twin-squared with dual quad-core E5520 CPUs, 3GB/core, 1 x 1TB HDD.
• Streamline: 21 x HP SL6000 series 2U twins with dual quad-core E5520 CPUs, 3GB/core, 1 x 1TB HDD.

Capacity Storage (~3800TB useable):

• Streamline: 60 x 24-bay Supermicro chassis, 38TB each.
  • 22 x 2TB WD RE4-GP HDD RAID6+1 for data and 2 x 2TB WD RE4-GP HDD RAID1 for system.
  • Dual quad-core E5506, 12GB RAM, LSI 8888ELP controller.
• Viglen: 38 x 24-bay Supermicro chassis, 40TB each.
  • 22 x 2TB Hitachi HDD RAID6 for data and 2 x 500GB HDD RAID1 for system.
  • Dual quad-core E5506, 12GB RAM, Adaptec 52445 RAID controller.

Services + Virtualisation:

• Dell: 15 x R410, twin E5540 CPUs, 24GB RAM, 4 x 500GB HDD, 2 + 4 x 1GbE NICs, IPMI
• Infortrend: 2 x 10GbE iSCSI 12-bay Infortrend arrays

Oracle RACs:

• HP: 5 nodes,
• Infortrend: 3 arrays

FY 10/11

Batch Workers (two batches of at least 7500 HS06 each):

• Viglen: 13 x Supermicro 2U twin-squared with dual six-core X5650 CPUs, 4GB/core, 2 x 1TB HDD (SW RAID0).
• Clustervision: 13 x Dell C6100 series 2U quads with dual six-core X5650 CPUs, 4GB/core, 2 x 1TB HDD (SW RAID0).

Capacity Storage (two batches):

• Viglen: 18 x 24-bay Supermicro chassis, 40TB each.
  • 22 x 2TB Hitachi HDD RAID6 for data and 2 x 500GB HDD RAID1 for system.
  • Dual quad-core E5506, 12GB RAM, xxxx RAID controller.
• Streamline: 18 x 24-bay Supermicro chassis, 38TB each.
  • 22 x 2TB WD RE4-GP HDD RAID6+1 for data and 2 x 2TB WD RE4-GP HDD RAID1 for system.
  • Dual quad-core E5506, 12GB RAM, xxxx RAIDcontroller.

FY 11/12 (TBC)

Batch Workers (two batches of at least 7500 HS06 each):

• Viglen: 13 x Supermicro 2U twin-squared with dual six-core E5645 CPUs, 4GB/core, 2 x 1TB HDD (SW RAID0).
• Dell: 13 x C6100 series 2U quads with dual six-core X5650 CPUs, 4GB/core, 2 x 1TB HDD (SW RAID0).

Capacity Storage (two batches of 1.33PB useable each):

• Viglen: 18 x 24-bay Supermicro chassis, 40TB each.
  • 22 x 2TB WD RE4 RAID6 for data and 2 x 2TB WD RE4 HDD RAID1 for system.
  • Dual quad-core E5506, 24GB RAM, Adaptec 5805 RAID controller.
• Clustervision: 18 x 24-bay Supermicro chassis, 40TB each.
  • 22 x 2TB WD RE4-GP HDD RAID6 for data and 2 x 2TB WD RE4-GP HDD RAID1 for system.
  • Single quad-core E5506, 24GB RAM, Areca 9260-8i RAID controller.