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为期两年的合作协议资助，金额为3,245,266美元，用于整合德克萨斯大学与可扩展太cale设施（ETF）的可用资源。从德克萨斯大学和ETF的洛杉矶中心提供资金建立10千兆/秒的连接。由于通过泰斯卡尔扩展奖提供的资金，德克萨斯高级计算中心（TACC）将为ETF用户社区贡献重要资源，包括：1)50%的主要新型高端SUN泰斯卡尔可视化系统，该系统将补充而不是复制阿贡国家实验室的可视化系统；2)拥有两个高端计算系统的50%，一个1.2万亿次浮点运算的IBM Power 4系统和一个新的5.0万亿次浮点运算的克雷-戴尔Linux集群，3)访问重要的存储设施，包括2.8 pb的档案和50 tb的SAN存储；4)访问四个地球科学数据集，这些数据集有望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co PI将深入参与网格体系结构和中间件开发活动，这些活动也将为可扩展Terascale设施的进一步开发增加大量专业知识。德克萨斯大学对具有更广泛影响的问题有坚定的承诺，包括：1)TACC是在德克萨斯高性能计算（HiPCAT）中提供领导的委员会，这是一项将德克萨斯州六所高等教育机构和60多所少数族裔服务机构联合起来的倡议；2)德克萨斯大学还积极参与了与墨西哥在高性能计算领域的国际合作；3)访问整个ETF的地质数据将提供必要的信息，以应对紧急情况和危及生命的情况，如自然灾害和安全威胁。这些数据还将广泛有助于制定有关国土安全、气候变化和水资源保护等问题的公共政策；4) TACC是一个多元化的人员配置、教育项目、实习、指导和培训项目的委员会，以加强课堂教育。

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.