The UVic TAPoR group, in partnership with the Institute of Particle Physics, offers both a production server environment and a replica development server environment, based on IBM solutions and open source Linux (Red Hat Advanced Server). The following high performance computing resources directly support TAPoR-related research:

• Two IBM x345 web servers, each with two 3.06GHz Xeon processors and 2 GB of memory
• Two IBM x365 database servers, each with four 2.5GHz Xeon processors and 8 GB of memory
• IBM EXP710 storage array housing 80 TB of total disc space, 4 TB of which is purchased by TAPoR in the form of 28 disc drives, 146.8 GB/10K
• Cisco Catalyst 6500 GB router, 24 ports

The TAPoR computing resources are linked directly via 2 and 8 GB channels to the IBM P670 Symetric Multiprocessor and the IBM 3584 LTO3 Tape Library (440 TB total space) deployed by the Institute of Particle Research. The symetric multi-processor provides the additional processing speed and RAM necesssary to tackle problems requiring large amounts of memory, including those involving large multimedia or text data sets. The primary function of the LTO library is to back up the data residing on the storage arrray, as well as to access and retrieve data that may have been wiped previously from the disc drives in the storage array.

IBM P670 Symetric Mult-processor:

• 8 way 1.1 GHz IBM P4 Processors
• 8 GB of Main Memory
• 4 x 36GB 10,000 RPM disc drives

To view a diagram of the server configuration, view this diagram.

TAPoR researchers may be able to make use of the TAPoR labs. Consult the Applying to TAPoR section of the website for more information about availability, or contact us.

• Performance and Spec Sheets for the IBM xSeries Servers (http://www.pc.ibm.com/ca/eserver/xseries.index.shtml)
• Server System RFQ
• Sample Evaluation Matrix for Server System Techincal Requirements - Excel or PDF
• Sample Evaluation Matrix for Server Systems RFPs - Excel or PDF
• Server System Environment Description (to be completed)