Acquisition of an Avalon-Beowulf Cluster and Development of Discipline-Specific Parallel Research Tools

这项授予特拉华大学的重大研究基础设施(MRI)奖将开发一种并行处理器计算机设施，由多个具有快速以太网连接和大量本地磁盘和内存的节点组成。硬件配置将是一台运行Linux操作系统的所谓Beowulf级计算机。该计算设施将支持巴托尔研究所和该大学针对物理学科的可扩展算法和代码的开发，包括空间物理、宇宙线物理、流体和等离子体湍流、日球层结构、格子玻尔兹曼技术、分子物理和热星风。通过支持每个学科的关键代码开发，该项目将使各自的小组能够保持其在下一代计算和计算硬件方面的领导地位。开发工作将涉及初级人员和学生，他们将与物理学家和计算机科学家就该项目的各个方面进行互动。

This major research infrastructure (MRI) award to the University of Delaware will develop a parallel processor computer facility consisting of multiple nodes with fast ethernet connections and large amounts of local disk and memory. The hardware configuration will be a so-called Beowulf class computer running the linux operating system. The computing facility will support the development of scalable algorithms and codes specific to physics disciplines at Bartol Research Institute and the University, including space physics, cosmic ray physics, fluid and plasma turbulence, heliospheric structure, Lattice Boltzmann techniques, molecular physics, and hot star winds. By supporting development of key codes in each discipline, this project will enable the respective groups to maintain their leadership positions into the next generation of computational and computing hardware. The development effort will involve junior personnel and students who will interact with both physicists and computer scientists on various aspects of the project.