HPC@LSU has experience supporting a wide range of systems
over the past years. This list includes LSU owned systems, and
systems supported for LONI (the Louisiana Optical Network
Infrastructure). They are listed here to give a sense of history and
accomplishments.
LSU HPC Systems
| SuperHelix |
| Hostname | helix.cct.lsu.edu |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 1.024 |
| Compute nodes | 128 |
| Processor/node | 2 |
| Processor Speed | 2.0GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Pentium IV Xeon |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | RHEL v3 |
| Vendor | Atipa Technologies |
| Memory per node | 2 GB |
| Status | Decommissioned on January, 2007 |
| SuperMike |
| Hostname | mike.cct.lsu.edu |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 6.267 |
| Compute nodes | 512 |
| Processor/node | 2 |
| Processor Speed | 3.06GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Pentium IV Xeon |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | RHEL v3 |
| Vendor | Atipa Technologies |
| Memory per node | 2 GB |
| Status | Decommissioned on June 4, 2007 |
| MiniMike |
| Hostname | minimike.cct.lsu.edu |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 0.196 |
| Compute nodes | 16 |
| Processor/node | 2 |
| Processor Speed | 3.06GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Pentium IV Xeon |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | RHEL v3 |
| Vendor | Atipa Technologies |
| Memory per node | 2 GB |
| Status | Decommissioned on June 4, 2007 |
| Nemeaux |
| Hostname | nemeaux.cct.lsu.edu |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 0.256 |
| Compute nodes | 32 |
| Processor/node | 2 |
| Processor Speed | 2.0GHz |
| Processor Type | Apple G5 |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | Mac OS X v10.4 |
| Vendor | Apple |
| Memory per node | 2 GB |
| Status | Decommissioned on October 16, 2009 |
| Santaka |
| Hostname | santaka.cct.lsu.edu |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 0.192 |
| Compute nodes | single |
| Processor/node | 32 |
| Processor Speed | 1.5GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Itanium2 |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | ProPack 4 - SLES9 |
| Vendor | SGI |
| Memory per node | 128 GB |
| Status | open
to LSU users for file access only |
| Pelican |
| Hostname | pelican.lsu.edu |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 1.946 |
| Compute nodes | 16 |
| Processor/node | 16 |
| Processor Speed | 1.9GHz |
| Processor Type | IBM POWER5+ |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | AIX v5.3 |
| Vendor | IBM |
| Memory per node | 32 GB |
| Status | Decommissioned
on June 23, 2012 |
| Tezpur |
| Hostname | tezpur.hpc.lsu.edu |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 15.322 |
| Compute nodes | 360 |
| Processor/node | 2 2-Core |
| Processor Speed | 2.66GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon 64bit |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | RHEL v4 |
| Vendor | Dell |
| Memory per node | 4 GB |
| Status | Decommissioned
on January 2, 2014 |
| Pandora |
| Hostname | pandora.hpc.lsu.edu |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 6.8 |
| Compute nodes | 8 |
| Processor/node | 32 (4 threads each) |
| Processor Speed | 3.3GHz |
| Processor Type | IBM POWER7 |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | AIX v7.1 |
| Vendor | IBM |
| Memory per node | 128 GB |
| Status |
Decommissioned on January 22, 2016 |
| Detailed
Cluster Description |
| Philip |
| Hostname | philip.hpc.lsu.edu |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 3.469 |
| Compute nodes | 37 |
| Processor/node | 2 4-Core |
| Processor Speed | 2.93GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon 64bit |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 2 |
| Accelerator Type | 3 nVidia M2070 |
| OS | RHEL v5 |
| Vendor | Dell |
| Memory per node | 24/48/96 GB |
| SuperMike-II |
| Hostname | mike.hpc.lsu.edu |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 146 |
| Compute nodes | 440 |
| Processor/node | 2 8-core |
| Processor Speed | 2.6GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon 64bit |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 50 |
| Accelerator Type | 2 nVidia M2090 |
| OS | RHEL v6 |
| Vendor | Dell |
| Memory per node | 32/64/256 GB |
| Status |
Decommissioned on November 1, 2021 |
LONI Systems
| Louie |
| Hostname | louie.loni.org |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 4.772 |
| Compute nodes | 128 |
| Processor/node | 2 2-Core |
| Processor Speed | 2.33GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon 64bit |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | RHEL v4 |
| Vendor | Dell |
| Memory per node | 4 GB |
| Location | Tulane
University, New Orleans |
| Status |
decommissioned on Dec 1, 2014 |
| Oliver |
| Hostname | oliver.loni.org |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 4.772 |
| Compute nodes | 128 |
| Processor/node | 2 2-Core |
| Processor Speed | 2.33GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon 64bit |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | RHEL v4 |
| Vendor | Dell |
| Memory per node | 4 GB |
| Location | University
of Louisiana - Lafayette, Lafayette |
| Status |
decommissioned on Dec 1, 2014 |
| Painter |
| Hostname | painter.loni.org |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 4.772 |
| Compute nodes | 128 |
| Processor/node | 2 2-Core |
| Processor Speed | 2.33GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon 64bit |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | RHEL v4 |
| Vendor | Dell |
| Memory per node | 4 GB |
| Location | Louisiana
Tech University, Ruston |
| Status |
decommissioned on Dec 1, 2014 |
| Poseidon |
| Hostname | poseidon.loni.org |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 4.772 |
| Compute nodes | 128 |
| Processor/node | 2 2-Core |
| Processor Speed | 2.33GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon 64bit |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | RHEL v4 |
| Vendor | Dell |
| Memory per node | 4 GB |
| Location | University
of New Orleans, New Orleans |
| Status |
decommissioned on Dec 1, 2014 |
| Neptune |
| Hostname | neptune.loni.org |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 0.851 |
| Compute nodes | 13 |
| Processor/node | 8 |
| Processor Speed | 1.9GHz |
| Processor Type | IBM POWER5 |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | AIX v5.3 |
| Vendor | IBM |
| Memory per node | 16 GB |
| Location |
University of New Orleans, New
Orleans |
| Status |
decommissioned on September 30,
2011 |
| Zeke |
| Hostname | zeke.loni.org |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 0.851 |
| Compute nodes | 13 |
| Processor/node | 8 |
| Processor Speed | 1.9GHz |
| Processor Type | IBM POWER5 |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | AIX v5.3 |
| Vendor | IBM |
| Memory per node | 16 GB |
| Location | University
of Louisiana - Lafayette, Lafayette |
| Status | decommissioned
on September 30, 2011 |
| Ducky |
| Hostname | ducky.loni.org |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 0.851 |
| Compute nodes | 13 |
| Processor/node | 8 |
| Processor Speed | 1.9GHz |
| Processor Type | IBM POWER5 |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | AIX v5.3 |
| Vendor | IBM |
| Memory per node | 16 GB |
| Location | Tulane
University, New Orleans |
| Status | decommissioned
on September 30, 2011 |
| LaCumba |
| Hostname | lacumba.loni.org |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 0.851 |
| Compute nodes | 13 |
| Processor/node | 8 |
| Processor Speed | 1.9GHz |
| Processor Type | IBM POWER5 |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | AIX v5.3 |
| Vendor | IBM |
| Memory per node | 16 GB |
| Location | Southern
University, Baton Rouge |
| Status | decommissioned
on November 30, 2011 |
| Bluedawg |
| Hostname | bluedawg.loni.org |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 0.851 |
| Compute nodes | 13 |
| Processor/node | 8 |
| Processor Speed | 1.9GHz |
| Processor Type | IBM POWER5 |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | AIX v5.3 |
| Vendor | IBM |
| Memory per node | 16 GB |
| Location | Louisiana
Tech University, Ruston |
| Status | decommissioned
on June 30, 2012 |
| QueenBee |
| Hostname | queenbee.loni.org |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 50.7 |
| Compute nodes | 680 |
| Processor/node | 2 4-Core |
| Processor Speed | 2.33GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon 64bit |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | RHEL v4 |
| Vendor | Dell |
| Memory per node | 8 GB |
| Location | Information
Systems Building, Baton Rouge |
| Status | decommissioned
on May 30, 2014 |
| Eric |
| Hostname | eric.loni.org |
| Peak Performance/TFlops | 9.544 |
| Compute nodes | 128 |
| Processor/node | 2 4-Core |
| Processor Speed | 2.33GHz |
| Processor Type | Intel Xeon 64bit |
| Nodes with Accelerators | 0 |
| Accelerator Type | |
| OS | RHEL v4 |
| Vendor | Dell |
| Memory per node | 8 GB |
| Location | Louisiana
State University, Baton Rouge |
| Status | decommissioned
on Dec 31, 2016 |