Upgrade of Computational Equipment for the Rice Earth Science Department

莱万德这笔赠款支持升级莱斯大学地球科学系的研究计算设施。资金将用于购买一台Sun多核双核CPU服务器，具有32 GB的RAM和3 TB的RAID海量存储，以及在中央大学网格机器上扩大和访问时钟周期。后一种大米系统被称为SUGER(共享大学网格@大米)，目前拥有1280个CPU。来自这笔赠款的支持将购买额外的128个CPU、96 GB RAM和12 TB的RAID存储空间来存储糖。购买还将允许PI访问任何未使用的糖循环，大学为其提供系统管理、电力和调节的中央支持。5名PI和另外6名莱斯教员将受益于拟议的增强计算能力，用于地球动力学、地震学、水文学和物理火山学的数值密集研究。

0933811LevanderThis grant supports upgrade of research computing facilities in the Department of Earth Science at Rice University. Funds will be used to purchase a Sun multi dual core CPU server w/ 32 Gb of RAM and 3 TB RAID mass store as well as augmentation of and access to clock cycles on a centralized University grid machine. The latter Rice system is termed SUGaR (Shared University Grid @ Rice) and currently houses 1280 CPUs. Support from this grant will buy 128 additional CPUs, 96 Gb RAM and 12 Tb of RAID storage for SUGaR. The buy in will also allow PIs to access any unused cycles on SUGaR, for which the University provides central support for system administration, power and conditioning. Five PIs and an additional six Rice faculty will benefit from the proposed enhanced computational power for numerically intensive research in geodynamics, seismology, hydrology and physical volcanology.