Overview

Computing in the Parasol laboratory is primarily based on Unix-based operating system such as Linux and Mac OS X. We have some 40 or so desktops, a half dozen servers and two ROCKS clusters, almost all of which are running CentOS 5.x.

We also support undergraduate and graduate instruction for our faculty members. Many students will use the systems each semester for classes such as CPSC 311, CPSC 605, CPSC 614, CPSC 620, CPSC 626, CPSC 654 and CPSC 659.

General Considerations

All accounts on Parasol machines must be sponsored by a professor in the research group -- one of

• Nancy Amato
• Gabriel Dos Reis
• Jaakko Järvi
• Hyunyoung Lee
• Lawrence Rauchwerger
• Bjarne Stroustrup
• Jennifer Welch

Research Account Application

Accounts for non-Parasol members are approved on a case by case basis. Applicants should realize that the system's primary function is to support parallel research being conducted by the Parasol group and that they must demonstrate a need for a parallel environment.

To apply for an account, send e-mail to parasol-support@cs.tamu.edu including:

• the nature of your research
• how you plan to exploit the parallelism available
• an explanation why other resources (TAMU's Supercomputing Facility, NCSA, etc.) can't fulfill your research requirements
• estimated disk space requirements (with explanation)
• any additional information that will help in the decision

Research Clusters

IBM x335 Cluster (donated by Chevron)

• Hostname: bigspring.cs.tamu.edu
• (24) IBM x335 servers with 4GB RAM and (2) 2.4GHz Intel Xeon CPUs each
• Operating System: CentOS 5.1
• Clustering Software: Rocks 5.0

Dell Cluster

• Hostname: manhattan.cs.tamu.edu
• (5) Dell PowerEdge 1850 servers with 1-2GB RAM and (2) 3.0 GHz Intel Xeon CPUs each
• Operating System: CentOS 4.4
• Clustering Software: Rocks 4.2.1

File Servers

• Hostname: umbrella.cs.tamu.edu
• Dell Poweredge 2500 with 1GB RAM and (2) 1.0GHz Intel Pentium III CPUs
• 1 GB RAM
• Operating System: CentOS 5.2
• umbrella serves as our source code repository

Desktops -- various Dells Dimension, Precision and OptiPlex desktops

Printers

• Hewlett-Packard HP LaserJet 4050N, Printer name: poe.cs.tamu.edu.
• Hewlett-Packard HP Color LaserJet 4500, Printer name: dali.cs.tamu.edu.
• Hewlett-Packard HP OfficeJet G85 multifuntion printer/fax/scanner, Printer name: ea.cs.tamu.edu.
• HP LaserJet 5, Printer name: lj417.cs.tamu.edu
• several additional printers for select (faculty/staff) use.

Other

• Sensable Technologies, Inc. Phantom Haptic, virtual reality devices.

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