High Performance Computing

Pictures of the SRIF-3 upgrade

Jupiter A, B, C and D

The original Jupiter A, B, C and D before the SRIF-III upgrade.

Cluster machine-room re-cabling.

Power cabling work in progress.
Every master node and storage node to have redundant power available.
One power supply is protected by a room-based UPS, the other power supply is backed up by the generator.

Cluster machine-room cabling.

Installing the power ready for the Panasas storage.

Building the new wall for the cluster machine-room

Building the new wall for the cluster's larger machine-room.
The original wall is on the left.

Building the new wall for the cluster machine-room

The new wall is going up on the right.

Temporary wall during rebuild.

Plastic dustsheet on the right while the original wall is removed.

Cluster machine-room refurbishment.

Cluster machine-room refurbishment in full swing.
New: wall (to left of picture), raised floor, power, aircon, ceiling.

Panasas installation in progress.

Panasas installation showing the the underfloor 16 Amp commando sockets.

Panasas 16 Amp commando sockets.

Dual power feeds - 1 from room UPS, 1 from generator backed mains.

Pre-historic earth.

Pre-historic earth.

Panasas data cabling.

Rear view of the Panasas storage.
Each shelf has redundant power supplies and 4 x 1Gb Ethernet ports.

First delivery for the SRIF-III cluster.

1st delivery of the SRIF-III cluster.

Installing JupiterE.

Installing the new SRIF-III cluster.