Computing and Research

Clemson Computing and Information Technology (CCIT) provides cyberinfrastructure resources and high performance computing capabilities through its Cyberinfrastructure Technology Integration (CITI) group.

• An advanced knowledge infrastructure through integration of high performance computing and networks, data perceptualization and visualization, storage architecture and middleware.
• A well-established, highly successful group of faculty and technical staff with an international reputation for leading research in areas such as high performance computing applications, high throughput computing, high performance networking, data access and interpretation, including visualization, and software environments for cyber-communities.
• A “palmetto cluster” with 46 TF peak performance using 772 nodes; 8 cores per node;
  
  • One third of the cluster is comprised of Dell PowerEdge 1950 Intel Xeon E5345 @2.33Ghz; total of 8 cores (dual quad processors); 4MB L2 cache; 12 GB memory and 80 GB local hard drive.
  • One third of the cluster is comprised of Dell Intel Xeon E5410 @2.33Ghz; total of 8 cores (dual quad processors); 6 MB of L2 cache; 12 GB memory and 80 GB local hard drive.
  • One third of the cluster is comprised of SunFire X2200 Opteron 2.3 Ghz; total of 8 cores (dual quad processors); 4MB L2 cache; 16 GB memory and 80 GB local hard drive.
  • Myrinet 10G high throughput storage is attached to all nodes.

  This system also contains 120 TB of large-scale, high performance disk storage and is housed at Clemson’s Information Technology Center in a 24/7 monitored environment with proper power, cooling and physical security. 

• A campus grid linking over 1700 machines distributed across 27 locations on campus providing a high throughput computing resource for all faculty and students in need of a loosely coupled computer system to run thousands of jobs. Applications from civil engineering, economics and chemistry have already benefited.

Clemson is a member of the Open Science Grid (OSG) and a member of the InCommon Federation.