Upgrade of the Computational Facilities in the Geophysics Program at New Mexico State University

该奖项为升级新墨西哥州立大学固体地球物理项目的计算设施提供了部分支持。这一升级使地球物理计划能够跟上计算、网络、安全和归档方面的技术进步。购买16节点的Beowulf群集是我们工作的核心。它将为相对较低的成本提供高速计算能力。地幔动力学和岩石微结构演化是两个主要的研究项目，需要进行三维并行模拟。目前，大多数模拟都是在校外地点使用洛斯阿拉莫斯开发的地幔对流程序和桑迪亚国家实验室开发的蒙特卡罗程序进行的。它们将在贝奥武夫号上实施。还将使用支持功能，用更现代化的工作站取代我们现有的较旧的Sun工作站系统。当今更大的数据量需要具有RAID阵列和大容量磁带备份的新存储。这些计算机系统将支持中国、美国西南部和墨西哥的野外地震学项目的数据存储和分析，并支持地震层析成像和地球动力学项目。

0207495HearnThis award provides partial support to upgrade the computational facilities for the solid-earth geophysics program at New Mexico State University. This upgrade enables the geophysics program to stay abreast of technological advances in computing, networking, security, and archiving. Purchasing a 16-node Beowulf cluster is central to our efforts. It will provide high-speed computational power for relatively low-cost. There are two major projects, mantle dynamics and microstructural evolution of rocks, which require three-dimensional parallel simulations. Most of these simulations are currently being done at off-campus sites using the TERRA mantle convection code developed at Los Alamos and a Monte Carlo code developed at Sandia National Laboratories. They will be implemented on the Beowulf. Support will also be used to replace our current system of older Sun workstations with more modern workstations. New storage with a RAID array and large-volume tape backup are needed for today's larger data volumes. These computer systems will support data storage and analysis from field seismology projects located in China, the southwest U.S., and Mexico, and to support projects in seismic tomography and geodynamics.***