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1. Introduction to TSUBAME3.0

End of operation

TSUBAME3 is not in operation any more. You can find TSUBAME4 manuals here

1.1. System architecture

This system is a shared computer that can be used from various research and development departments at Tokyo Institute of Technology.
Each compute node and storage system are connected to the high-speed network by Omni-Path and are now connected to the Internet at a speed of 20 Gbps, and in the future, they will be connected to the Internet at a speed of 100 Gbps via SINET5 (as of May 2019). The system architecture of TSUBAME 3.0 is shown below.

TSUBAME3 Concept

1.2. Compute node configuration

The computing node of this system is a blade type large scale cluster system consisting of SGI ICE XA 540 nodes.
One compute node is equipped with two Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 (2.4 GHz, 14 core), and the total number of cores is 15,120 cores.
The main memory capacity is 256 GiB per compute node, total memory capacity is 135 TiB.
Each compute node has 4 ports of Intel Omni-Path interface and constitutes a fat tree topology by Omni-Path switch.

TSUBAME3 Image

The basic specifications of TSUBAME 3.0 machine are as follows.

Unit name Compute Node x 540
Configuration(per node)
CPU Intel Xeon E5-2680 v4 2.4GHz x 2CPU
cores/thread 14cores / 28threads x 2CPU
Memory 256GiB
GPU NVIDIA TESLA P100 for NVlink-Optimized Servers x 4
SSD 2TB
Interconnect Intel Omni-Path HFI 100Gbps x 4

1.3. Software configuration

The operating system (OS) of this system has the following environment.

  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12 SP2

Regarding the application software that can be used in this system, please refer to ISV Application, Freeware.

1.4. Storage configuration

This system has high speed / large capacity storage for storing various simulation results.
On the compute node, the Lustre file system is used as the high-speed storage area, and the home directory is shared by GPFS + cNFS.
In addition, 2 TB SSD is installed as a local scratch area in each compute node. A list of each file system that can be used in this system is shown below.

Usage Mount point Capacity Filesystem
Home directory
Shared space for applications
/home
/apps
40TB GPFS+cNFS
Massively parallel I/O spaces 1 /gs/hs0 4.8PB Lustre
Massively parallel I/O spaces 2 /gs/hs1 4.8PB Lustre
Massively parallel I/O spaces 3 /gs/hs2 4.8PB Lustre
Local scratch /scr 1.9TB/nde xfs(SSD)