Maui High Performance Computing Center
The AFRL DSRC at Maui, Hawaii, the Maui High Performance Computing Center (MHPCC), will receive a 1350 IBM iDataPlex HPC system. The requirements associated with this supercomputer were aligned with the MHPCC’s Energy-Efficient Computing (E2C) initiative. The system is comprised of technologies yielding efficiencies in operational power consumption. “Data center energy-efficiency is a key thrust in the HPCMP’s overall strategy. The MHPCC is demonstrating the use of innovative technologies such as the IBM iDataPlex system, leveraging direct water cooling technology and the deployment of a one mega-watt solar power array to power the system. The HPCMP will use what is learned via this system’s installation and operation toward facilitating energy efficient initiatives for all of its DSRCs,” said Dave Morton, director of the MHPCC DSRC. The MHPCC E2C system is an Intel Sandy Bridge-based system with 9,216 cores and 18 terabytes of memory.