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Date 10.03.2009
donald smits center for
information technologyCentre of Information Technology RUG
Robert Janz
Centre of Information Technology
University of Groningen
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donald smits center for
information technology
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University of Groningen 2
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donald smits center for
information technology
founded in 1614
The University of Groningen
University of Groningen 1
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donald smits center for
information technology
Center for Information Technology
>ICT service institute of the university>Staff: 141 fte>Budget: € 16.000.000 (2012)>Internetlink: multiple 10 Gbit/s links>2 computer halls: 725 m2
>Electricity consumption computer halls:3.000.000 kilowatt-hour
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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
(12.000 cores, 35 Tflops/s)>New cluster:
± 2.500 cores
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donald smits center for
information technology
Reality Cube and Virtual Reality Theatre
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information technology
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information technology
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information technology
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information technology
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information technology
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information technology
High capacity ICT-Networktransport
High capacity ICT-Networktransport
ICT-Sensors
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ICT-Sensors
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Hypercomputerdata processing
Data storage Data storage
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donald smits center for
information technologyLOFAR:
data generation and transport, middle distance
High capacity optical network coupling clusters of RF sensors
High speed data transportSensor cluster (Station)
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Cluster of RF sensors
Central processor
13.000 antennas100 stations
full control via internetsimultaneous users
Date 10.03.2009
donald smits center for
information technologyLOFAR:
data generation and transport, middle distance
High capacity optical network coupling clusters of RF sensors
High speed data transportSensor cluster (Station)
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Cluster of RF sensors
Central processor
13.000 antennas100 stations
full control via internetsimultaneous users
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donald smits center for
information technologyLOFAR central processing
IBM BlueGene/L in LINUX cluster Central processing: 35 Tflop/s Data rates internally within correlator:
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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
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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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donald smits center for
information technologyThank you for your attentionQuestions?