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CLIENT BRIEF
The client, CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute (Formerly CSIR Centre for Mathematics Modelling and Computer Simulation) is a unit of the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, a premier R&D organization in India. Their vision is to develop capabilities for addressing critical issues of scientific significance and social benefits using mathematical modelling and computer based simulations. The client works on various projects in the fields of science and technology that include aerospace, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, engineering physical sciences etc.
Ever since its inception, CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute has initiated many programs like modelling of crustal strains in the Indian crust using modern satellite based Global Positioning System (GPS) receivers, study of cyclones in the Bay of Bengal, study of increasing levels of pollution in oil fields in Assam, study of ocean climates in the field of atmospheric science, pollution of oil and so on.
Customer
Industry
Challenge
Solutions
Benefits
CSIR Fourth Paradigm Institute
Research & Development
Deliver high performance computing for a demanding data-intensive computing research
Ÿ Designing, installing, testing, commissioning and monitoring of the data centre
Ÿ Advisory & Benchmarking support for weather simulation & other related applications
Ÿ 92.34% High Performance Linpack Benchmark achieved
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Higher accuracy in simulation
Faster Analytics-Mathematical modeling
HCL Infotech enables One of India's High-Tech Research Centre Setup High Performance Computing Infrastructure
CLIENT REQUIREMENTS
The client had been an early adopter of
computational technology to aid its research
activities. It had initiated number of programs that
demanded even more intensive computing power
with high performance for a very demanding, data-
intensive environment. Since they wanted a world-
class computing environment for scientific research,
they required an efficient IT partner that could help
them with the following:
ŸExpansion of computing capabilities to meet
stringent computing requirements for multi-
discipline scientific research
ŸDeliver high performance computing for a
demanding data-intensive computing research
ŸMaximize the use of multi-core architecture
SOLUTIONS OFFERED
HCL offered the following solutions along with
Scientific Application Benchmarks (WRF, MoM,
OpenFoam) to meet the high performance
computing requirement of the client-
ŸDesigning, installing, testing, commissioning and
monitoring of the data centre
ŸCPU Based Systems – 362.09 Tflops on 1088
compute mode or 17408 compute cores with total
of 69.6TB memory with the following
configurations -
» Intel 2 x E5-2670 2.6GHz 20MB cache
(16 cores per node)
»64 GB memory
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300GB 10K RPM SAS disk
56 Gbps Infiband cable FDR connectivity
» 2 x 10 Gigabit Ethernet port
ŸBlade Architecture to reduce cabling
ŸHigh speed Interconnect (FDR)
ŸStorage
» 2 Peta Bytes of storage having Lusture
(open source) File System
» 20GB/Sec throughput performance
Ÿ56Gbps FDR Fat tree topology in 100% non-
blocking architecture
ŸRed Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) Operating
System
ŸAdvisory and benchmarking support for
developing a series of extensive benchmarking
simulations for climate modelling, weather
simulation, Computational Fluid Dynamics
(CFD) and other related applications
HCL helped the client install India's largest CPU
based HPC system. The data centre setup by HCL
met all the industry standard requirements. It
contained 25x 42U Racks. HCL also fulfilled other
critical support infrastructure requirement for smooth
running of the HPC system at the site. These
included -
ŸChilled water cooled Rear Door Heat Exchanger
(RDHx) on IT racks
ŸCooling infrastructure like chillers plant to control
temperature, humidity, dust etc.
ŸPower back up for uninterrupted lighting and
cooling at the HPC system
ŸMaintenance of security at the site using Digital
IP based CCTV surveillance system, Biometric /
smart card based doors
ŸMaintenance of safety at the site by installing
intelligent microprocessor based fire detection
and alarm system, smoke and water leak
detection system and so on
Ÿ24x7 manpower to handle High Performance
Computing and Data Center setup
BUSINESS BENEFITS
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92.34% High Performance Linpack (HPL)
benchmark achieved
Higher accuracy in simulation leading to greater
productivity of the scientists
Faster Analytics-Mathematical modeling and
simulation can be run quickly and efficiently
Faster ROI due to faster completion of the project
HCL offered the solutions along with Scientific Application Benchmarks (WRF, MoM,
OpenFoam) to meet the high performance computing requirement of the client
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