Running CCM3 on PC Clusters


Subject: Running CCM3 on PC Clusters
From: Zong-Liang Yang (liang@speer.geo.utexas.edu)
Date: Mon Jan 07 2002 - 23:02:52 MST


Dear CCM Users,

I'd like to build a PC cluster for running CCM3
or CSM. I'd appreciate advice concerning the questions
as follows

1) To have a 50-year simulation @T42 resolution with
   prescribed SSTs, what is a minimum number of nodes
   that I need to have (e.g., 8 nodes, 16 nodes,...)

2) What are the recommended specifications (CPUS, hard disks ...)?
  
3) How much do they cost?
  
4) What does it take to manage a PC cluster? Does it need
   a dedicated computer technician?

5) Is it possible to run the full version of CSM
   using a PC cluster?

6) Can you run a regional climate model (say, MM5) nested with
   CCM3?

Many thanks.

Liang

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Dr. Zong-Liang Yang
Dept. of Geological Sciences
The University of Texas at Austin
Austin, TX 78712-1101

phone: (512) 471-3824
fax: (512) 471-9425
Email: liang@mail.utexas.edu
URL: http://www.geo.utexas.edu/climate



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