Extensible Terascale Facility (ETF): Enhancing the Capabilities, Scope and Impact of the Extensible Terascale Facility

德克萨斯大学由高级计算基础设施部门提供的为期两年的合作协议资助，金额为3，245，266美元，用于将德克萨斯大学的可用资源与可扩展的Terascale设施（ETF）整合。 德克萨斯大学和ETF的洛杉矶中心提供资金，用于建立10千兆/秒的连接。由于通过本次Terascale扩展奖提供的资金，德克萨斯州高级计算中心（TACC）将为ETF用户社区贡献重要资源，包括：1）50%的一个主要的新的高端太阳万亿级可视化系统，将补充，而不是复制在阿贡国家实验室的可视化系统; 2）两个高端计算系统的50%，一个1.2 Teraflop IBM Power 4系统和一个新的5.0 Teraflop Cray-Dell Linux群集，3）访问重要的存储设施，包括2.8 PB的归档和50 TB的SAN存储;（4）获得四套地球科学数据，这些数据预计将对各种学科的研究和教育产生重大影响。 参与该项目的PI和coPI深深地沉浸在大量的网格架构和中间件开发活动中，这些活动也将为可扩展Terascale设施的进一步开发增加大量的专业知识。德克萨斯大学对更广泛影响的问题做出了坚定的承诺，包括：1）TACC是德克萨斯州高性能计算（HiPCAT）的领导委员会，一项倡议，将汇集六个得克萨斯州高等教育机构和60多个少数民族服务机构; 2）德克萨斯大学还积极参与了与墨西哥在HPC领域的国际合作; 3）通过ETF访问地质数据将提供应对紧急情况和生命所需的信息-自然灾害和安全威胁等威胁情况。 这些数据也将有助于制定广泛的公共政策，如国土安全，气候变化和水资源保护;和4）TACC是委员会多元化的人员配置，教育计划，实习和指导和培训计划，增加课堂教育。

The University of Texas is funded by a two-year Cooperative Agreement from the Division of Advanced Computational Infrastructure in the amount of $3,245,266 to integrate the resources available at University of Texas with the Extensible Terascale Facility (ETF). Funding is provided to establish a 10 gigabit/second connection from University of Texas and the Los Angeles Hub of the ETF.As a result of the funding provided through this Terascale Extension Award, the Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) will contribute significant resources to the ETF user community including: 1) 50% of a major new high-end SUN terascale visualization system that would complement rather than duplicate the visualization system at Argonne National Lab; 2) 50% of a tow high-end computing systems, a 1.2 Teraflop IBM Power 4 system, and a new 5.0 Teraflop Cray-Dell Linux cluster, 3) access to significant storage facilities including 2.8 Petabyte of archival and 50 Terabyte SAN storage; and 4) access to four geosciences data sets that are expected to have a significant impact on research and education in a wide variety of disciplines. The PI's and co PI's involved in this project are deeply immersed in a number of grid architecture and middleware development activities that will also add substantial expertise to the further development of the Extensible Terascale Facility.The University of Texas has strong commitments to issues of broader impact including:1) TACC is committee to providing leadership in High Performance Computing Across Texas (HiPCAT), an initiative that will bring together six Texas higher education institutions and over 60 minority-serving institution; 2) University of Texas has also actively participated in an international collaboration with Mexico in the area of HPC; 3) access to the geological data across ETF will provide information necessary to respond to emergency and life-threatening situations such as natural disasters and security threats. This data will also contribute broadly to the formulation of public policy on matters such as homeland security, climate change, and water conservation; and 4) TACC is committee to a diversified staffing, educational programs, internships and mentoring and training programs that augment classroom education.