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Activities in the ANU Supercomputer Facility ANUSF

The ANU Supercomputer Facility (ANUSF), established in 1987, provides essential support for large-scale computational projects and data management in Australia. Notable milestones include the launch of the first Visualization Lab in 1990 and the acquisition of a large-scale mass data storage system in 1993. Currently, ANUSF operates within the National Facility of the Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing (APAC), supporting various significant data projects across disciplines. The facility assists researchers with high-level support, data visualization, and access to computational resources.

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Activities in the ANU Supercomputer Facility ANUSF

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  1. Activities in the ANUSupercomputer FacilityANUSF Bob.Gingold@anu.edu.au http://anusf.anu.edu.au

  2. History • ANUSF established 1987 to support large scale computational projects • 1990 - established first Visualization Lab in Australia – VizLab • 1993 - acquired first large scale mass data storage system in Australian university

  3. APAC • Since 2001 operated & supported theNational Facility of Australian Partnership for Advanced Computing - APAC • HP Alphaserver - was 31st fastest in world when installed. 516 processors +152 proc linux cluster

  4. APAC currently out to tender for $12.5M replacement system

  5. Mass Data Storage System MDSS • STK Powderhorn tape silo • 1.2 Petabytes potential capacity, 6000 tapes • 70 Mbytes/s tape drives, 200 Gbytes/tape • 5 Tbytes fast disk cache • SAM-FS hierarchical storage management • Connected to APAC systems and GrangeNet • Small ‘off-site’ silo being installed in Chancelry

  6. Mass Data Storage System • Storage for computational results • Storage for experimental results, eg. MACHO project • GrangeNet and APAC Grid projects eg. PARADESIC, Belle, ACIGA • APAC Data Projects of “National Significance” - humanities, social sciences

  7. Activities • Support of systems • Academic Consultants - high-level support to users - algorithm, programming advice, training, data storage • Vizlab - help researchers with difficult data visualizations, VR, presentations etc • Fujitsu Chemistry project - 15 years

  8. ANUSF’s APAC Activities • National Facility • APAC Grid program - • Internet Futures group, GrangeNet program • Leading national data grid program, involvement in 6 other projects • 7 staff in ANUSF led by Markus Buchhorn, other ANU staff contributing • APAC CT&T Program • Tools & techniques - national program led by Ben Evans • Other ANU involvementAPAC EOT Program - Steve Roberts, SMS

  9. Further information http://nf.apac.edu.au/ http://anusf.anu.edu.au/ help@nf.apac.edu.au Levels 3 & 4 Huxley Building

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