HPC Facilities for UK Theory UKMHD Consortium and DIRAC resources
HPC – the story so far UKMHD Consortium (Dirac 1) – (2010) Three machines at Warwick, Leeds and St Andrews 6,000 cores 52M core hours for theory simulations Lifetime – 2016 or 2017 – still limping on! Dirac 2 – Durham – 10.8M core hours for 2013 Dirac 2 – Durham, Leicester, Cambridge – 7.5M core hours for 2016 Similar time for 2017 and 2018 Reapplication for more Dirac 2 time for 2017 – awaiting outcome Dirac 3 – Case made to BIS – been delayed until 2017 Issues – shortfall, PDRAs/resources, other?
HPC – Resources for Theory 1000^3 => 200Gb per snapshot. 200 per simulation => 40Tb per simulation. Funding. £0.3M per year secures HPC for solar theory community.