CESGA


CESGA stands for "Centro de Supercomputación de Galicia". It is a high performance computing center in Galicia.
Its most important features are the supercomputer FinisTerrae and the "Superordenador Virtual Gallego".
Finisterrae is nowadays the third most powerful supercomputer in Spain, and it was initially ranked 100th according to the Top500 when installed on November 2007.
CESGA provides advanced computing services to the Galician Scientific Community, Galician Universities and to the Spanish National Research Council.
CESGA also runs i-math, a Grid computing project with an initiative to approach Grid technologies to mathematics researchers, and operates the i-math Portal, a Grid Portal based on P-GRADE Portal technology.

Most important functions

The following table shows some of the systems installed in CESGA. Since some systems were installed around 10 years ago some information may be outdated.
Computer systemDescriptionInstallation dateDecommission date
Compaq HPC 320Consists of a cluster of 8 servers hosting 32 Alpha EV68 1 GHz processors2002
Cluster BeowulfA cluster consisting of 17 Pentium III 1,13 GHz processors. The nodes are interconnected using a Myrinet network.2002
CESGA CrossGrid NodeConsists of a cluster of 20 Intel Pentium III 1,13 processors interconnected using a Gigabit network2002
SVGThe "Supercomputador Virtual Gallego" consists of 54 Intel Pentium III processors from 550 MHz up to 1 GHz interconnected through Myrinet and Fast Ethernet networks.2000
CheapTBConsists of 1 Intel Pentium III 1,2 GHz and 4 Pentium IV 2 GHz processors interconnected by a Myrinet network. The storage is made using 32x180 GB disks.2003
Storagetek 9710It is a tape storage system consisting of 195x220 GB and 375x80 GB cartridges1999
HP Integrity Rx5670Consists of 4 Intel Itanium2 processors interconnected using Fibre Channel.2004
Storage array EVA 3000Consists of 112x146 Fibre Channel disks configured in a RAID 5 system.2003
Sun Microsystems HPC 450012 x UltraSPARC II 400 MHz processors1999
Sun Enterprise 35004 x 400 MHz UltraSPARC II interconnected using an Ethernet -Gigabit connection1999
HP Cluster SuperdomeConsists of 2 SMP nodes which host 128 Intel Itanium2 1500 MHz processors. The connection is made using an Infiniband network.2003
FinisTerrae I
FinisTerrae II
FinisTerrae III

Location

CESGA is located in the University of Santiago de Compostela at the following address:
Avenida de Vigo, s/n Campus Sur 15705 Santiago de Compostela A Coruña - Spain