Date donald smits center for information technology Centre of Information Technology RUG Robert Janz Centre of Information Technology University of Groningen
Date donald smits center for information technology Where? University of Groningen 2
Date donald smits center for information technology founded in 1614 The University of Groningen University of Groningen 1
Date donald smits center for information technology Center for Information Technology >ICT service institute of the university >Staff: 141 fte >Budget: € (2012) >Internetlink: multiple 10 Gbit/s links >2 computer halls: 725 m 2 >Electricity consumption computer halls: kilowatt-hour
Date donald smits center for information technology High Performance Computing >Linux cluster (400 cores) >Grid cluster (200 cores, 48 Terabyte storage) >Super pc (16 cores, 128 GB memory) >Blue Gene/P ( cores, 35 Tflops/s) >New cluster: ± cores
Date donald smits center for information technology Reality Cube and Virtual Reality Theatre
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Date donald smits center for information technology High capacity ICT-Network transport High capacity ICT-Network transport ICT- Sensors receive ICT- Sensors receive Hypercomputer data processing Hypercomputer data processing Data storage Supercomputer analysis Supercomputer analysis Universe Earth Soil, Climate Astronomy, Agriculture, Meteorology Geofysics LOFAR ICT-Platform
Date donald smits center for information technology LOFAR: data generation and transport, middle distance High capacity optical network coupling clusters of RF sensors High speed data transport Sensor cluster (Station) X Cluster of RF sensors Central processor antennas 100 stations full control via internet simultaneous users
Date donald smits center for information technology LOFAR: data generation and transport, middle distance High capacity optical network coupling clusters of RF sensors High speed data transport Sensor cluster (Station) X Cluster of RF sensors Central processor antennas 100 stations full control via internet simultaneous users
Date donald smits center for information technology LOFAR central processing IBM BlueGene/L in LINUX cluster Central processing: 35 Tflop/s Data rates internally within correlator: 20 Tbit/s
Date donald smits center for information technology data operation center - into storage: 25 Gbit/s = 250 TByte/day - final products: 1-3 TByte/day - archive: many PByte data storage academic research library: 2 TB print collections Library of Congress: 10 TB all US academic research libraries: 2 PB NCAR mass storage system (july 2004): 2 PB all printed material in the world: 200 PB all words ever spoken by human beings:5000 PB source: UC Berkeley
Date donald smits center for information technology >Lessons learned: Get into close collaboration with the scientists Do not over dimension first platform Pay attention to expanding scientific impact to other disciplines Human capacity building Create opportunities for spin offs Get more females into the picture
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