Computational Hardware Upgrade to Create an Efficient University of Wyoming Geophysical Department Computational Center

这项拨款为怀俄明大学地球物理系计算中心的升级提供了部分支持。需要购买的具体设备包括中央UNIX文件服务器、自动备份系统、1/ 2tb的RAID存储系统和用于构建基于1.2 GHz CPU和1gb RAM的10节点Beowulf集群的计算设备。这些增强功能将支持怀俄明州一个不断壮大的地震学小组的繁重计算需求，包括最近聘用的博士。Ken Dueker， Michael Cheadle和Dag Nummedal除了dr。斯科特·史密森和史蒂夫·霍尔布鲁克。该部门的地震学家正在通过互联网对高叠次数据（陆上和海上，包括3D叠前数据）进行新的探索，并对PASSCAL/GSN/NSN宽带地震数据进行实时采集和事件处理。总的来说，他们目前正在处理大约3tb的数据。怀俄明大学的地球物理UNIX计算设施目前为28个用户提供服务：18名研究生、5名博士后研究人员、6名教授和几名本科生，他们使用异构的、分散的UNIX硬件和操作系统组合。这次升级将集中处理能力，并通过采用通用操作系统和统一硬件减轻当前系统管理员的负担。* * *

0112163DuekerThis grant provides partial support for the upgrade of the University of Wyoming, Dept. of Geophysics computation center. Specific equipment to be purchased includes a central UNIX file server, an automated backup system, a 1/2 TB RAID storage system, and computational equipment to build a 10 node Beowulf cluster based on 1.2 GHz CPU's with a combined 1 GB of RAM. The enhancements will support the heavy computational needs of a growing seismology group at Wyoming including recent hires Drs. Ken Dueker, Michael Cheadle, and Dag Nummedal in addition to Drs. Scott Smithson and Steve Holbrook. The seismologists in this department are undertaking new forays into high-fold data (both onshore and offshore, and including 3D pre-stack data) and real-time acquisition and event processing of PASSCAL/GSN/NSN broadband seismic data via the internet. In total, they are currently processing some 3 terrabytes of data. The Geophysics UNIX computational facility at the University of Wyoming currently serves 28 users: 18 graduate students, 5 post-doctoral researchers, 6 professors, and several undergraduates using a heterogeneous, dispersed mix of UNIX hardware and operating systems. This upgrade will centralize processing power and ease the burden on a current systems administrator by adopting common operating systems and uniform hardware. ***