Published on 25-Aug-2010
Validated on 05 Nov 2012
"IBM provided a flexible, compact and green solution with an elegant design which delivers the stability and capacity we need for high-throughput computation." - Pere Colet, Research Prof., IFISC
Customer:
Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC)
Industry:
Government
Deployment country:
Spain
Solution:
Dynamic Infrastructure, Express, General Parallel File System (GPFS), Linux, Next Generation Networks, Openness, Smarter Planet
Smarter Planet:
Smart Grid
Overview
Created in 2007, the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC) is a joint research institute between the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). It was created based on the idea that important avenues of scientific development occur at the borders of established fields. The institute aims to develop interdisciplinary and strategic research from the established practices of physicists.
Business need:
IFISC researchers are working on emerging areas of opportunity in physics that will have a strong impact on society. In order to accommodate their research goals, IFISC needed to leverage a solution that could increase its calculating capacity and optimize the efficiency of their resources. The opportunity is provided by Grid-CSIC, a collaborative environment to promote e-science and provide efficient access to shared resources.
Solution:
Within the Grid-CSIC project, IFISC implemented a grid computing solution powered by IBM System x® iDataPlex servers running the Linux® operating system to enable the organization to increase its calculating capacity and simultaneously optimize resource efficiency.
Benefits:
· Allows IFISC researchers to perform intensive numerical simulations to understand the emergence of collective phenomena in complex systems.
· Enables IFISC to collaborate with other researchers all around Europe through Virtual Organizations within the European Grid Initiative.
· e-Science optimizes research efficiencies: promotes an interdisciplinary, collaborative research framework, and allows for scientists working on different projects to use common tools.
Case Study
Created in 2007, the Institute for Cross-Disciplinary Physics and Complex Systems (IFISC) is a joint research institute between the University of the Balearic Islands (UIB) and the Spanish National Research Council (CSIC). It was created based on the idea that important avenues of scientific development occur at the borders of established fields. The institute aims to develop interdisciplinary and strategic research from the established practices of physicists.
The Need
IFISC researchers are working on emerging areas of opportunity in physics that will have a strong impact on society. In order to accommodate their research goals, IFISC needed to leverage a solution that could increase its calculating capacity and optimize the efficiency of their resources. The opportunity is provided by Grid-CSIC, a collaborative environment to promote e-science and provide efficient access to shared resources.
The Solution
Within the Grid-CSIC project, IFISC implemented a grid computing solution powered by IBM System x iDataPlex servers running the Linux operating system to enable the organization to increase its calculating capacity and simultaneously optimize resource efficiency.
What Makes it Smarter
· Allows IFISC researchers to perform intensive numerical simulations to understand the emergence of collective phenomena in complex systems in physics, photonics, biological physics and social systems.
· Enables IFISC to collaborate with other researchers all around Europe through Virtual Organizations within the European Grid Initiative, and share 75 percent of its computing capacity with these centers.
· e-Science optimizes research efficiencies: promotes an interdisciplinary, collaborative research framework, and allows for scientists working on different projects to use common tools and increased computational capacity to analyze the raw data or to perform intensive numerical calculations.
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Products and services used
IBM products and services that were used in this case study.
Hardware:
Storage: DS4700 Express, System x: iDataPlex, System x: System x running Linux - Red Hat
Software:
Linux
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