thunder
Manufacturer:
IBM
Clock Speed:
1.30GHz
Dates Used:
Thursday, October 2, 2003 to Friday, November 30, 2007
Microprocessor Peak Teraflops:
0.33
Memory (terabytes):
0.13TB
Number of Processors:
64.00
Electrical Power Consumption:
15.50 kW
Number of Frames:
2.00
Processors per Node:
32.00
Experimental/Production:
Experimental
Thunder was a two-node IBM p690 system that CISL used primarily for testing purposes, though it also hosted some production work. It was a counterpart to NCAR's production IBM p690 Bluesky system, but had IBM's new (at the time), experimental "Federation" high-speed interconnect for inter-node communication. Under UCAR's ARCS subcontract with IBM, IBM had proposed and NCAR had considered performing an upgrade to Bluesky, by replacing its IBM "Colony" high-speed interconnect fabric with "Federation", but ultimately chose to not disrupt the production workload.