SLab:Systems

Schuster Lab Computing Resources

Schuster Lab machines in 509 Wartik

linne cluster

The linne cluster runs SGE 6.0u6 and can be used by anyone to submit arbitrary jobs. In addition, the linne cluster runs BioTeam iNquiry, which can be accessed here.

• head node: linne.bx.psu.edu
  • Apple Xserve G5
  • Two 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5 processors
  • 6GB RAM
  • 75GB /scratch
  • MacOS X 10.4
• 31 compute nodes: node001.linne.bx.psu.edu --> node031.linne.bx.psu.edu
  • Apple Xserve G5
  • Two 2.3 GHz PowerPC G5 processors
  • 2GB RAM
  • 75GB /scratch
  • MacOS X 10.4
• 5 compute nodes: node036.linne.bx.psu.edu --> node040.linne.bx.psu.edu
  • Dell PowerEdge 1950
  • Two quad-core 2.83 GHz Xeon E5440 processors (a total of 8 cores)
  • 16GB RAM
  • 100GB /scratch
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.5

persephone cluster

The persephone cluster runs SGE 6.2u1 and is used for running signal processing jobs for our various sequencing platforms.

• 5 compute nodes: c1.persephone.bx.psu.edu --> c4.persephone.bx.psu.edu, c8.persephone.bx.psu.edu
  • Dell PowerEdge 1950
  • Two quad-core 2.83 GHz Xeon E5440 processors (a total of 8 cores)
  • 16GB RAM
  • 100GB /scratch
  • CentOS 5.4
• 3 compute nodes: c5.persephone.bx.psu.edu --> c7.persephone.bx.psu.edu
  • Dell PowerEdge SC1435
  • Two quad-core 2.7 GHz Opteron 2384 processors (a total of 8 cores)
  • 32GB RAM
  • 100GB /scratch
  • CentOS 5.4

s1 (s1.persephone.bx.psu.edu and s1.linne.bx.psu.edu)

s1 is dual-homed, it is connected to both the persephone and linne network switches. s1 can be used by anyone to run arbitrary jobs. It is especially useful for jobs that need a lot of local disk space.

• HP ProLiant DL380 (G5)
• Two quad-core 3.0 GHz Xeon X5450 processors (a total of 8 cores)
• 16GB Ram
• 3TB /scratch
• CentOS 5.4