• Editor's note: The MAGNet center formally closed in July 2016, following the mandatory conclusion of its grant after more than 10 years of activity. The pages in this section constitute an archive of its work. The following details do not necessarily reflect the current configuration of Department of Systems Biology computational hardware.

Cluster computers

Cluster computers in the C2B2 environment are built using either the ROCKS distribution of Linux or BCS (basic clustering scripts). Jobs are submitted using the Sun Grid Engine batch system. GNU C, C++, Java and Fortran compilers are available. MPI programming environments are supported (MPICH, MPICH2, LAM, OpenMPI). The clusters have access to several file servers, including commercial Isilon® and BlueArc® network attached storage (NAS).

C2B2 also houses and maintains clusters belonging to individual C2B2 Faculty members.

Large memory SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing)

In this architecture, all memory is shared between the individual processors. With 8 CPUs and 32 GB of shared memory, the SunFire V880 machine "adsolaris" is our largest and most flexible general purpose computer. It is especially suitable for jobs requiring large amounts of memory in a single process, or jobs optimized to run in a multi-CPU, shared memory environment. It also hosts two legacy applications: the Paracel GenomeAssembler and the Paracel TranscriptAssembler packages. The machine "adsoltest" is intended for development and testing.

File servers

The facility has several file servers. The BlueArc is an Enterprise class server providing very high speed access. Through the use of storage pool technology, additional hard drives can be transparently added and allocated to existing or new filesystems as needed.

Database servers

Utility servers

adgate  (login gateway servers) - Two servers in a fail-over configuration provide a single login point for access to all other machines.

Additional special purpose machines

A Scalar 1000 tape robot holds 256 tapes for backups.