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QuantumCube^TM

QuantumCube^TM turnkey computational chemistry clusters are designed for office use. Power and cooling requirements do not exceed facilities found in a typical office environment. Standard 20 AMP power receptacle and residential-grade air conditioning are easily sufficient for optimal operation. Large, efficient 80 mm fans used in combination with straight air flow design reduce the heat and noise generated by the machines to below office acceptable levels (QuantumCube^TM machines are often less noisy than many desktop PCs). Its small size, low noise and relatively small heat footprint make the QuantumCube^TM an attractive solution for institutions without dedicated computing facilities.

Intel based systems

24-core Intel QuantumCube^TM

Standard Hardware Configuration:

(QS24-2660C-XW6)

4 x 2.66 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon Westmere processors (6.4GT/sec QPI)
48 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (2 GB/core)
2000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
2-port USB panel
external 500 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

Advanced Hardware Configuration:

(QS24-2930C-XW6)

4 x 2.93 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon Westmere processors (6.4GT/sec QPI)
96 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (4 GB/core)
4000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
2-port USB panel
external 1000 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

Approximate dimensions of the unit are: height 26" width 8" depth 19"; weight around 55 lbs. The maximum power usage is about 600 W under load. The power and cooling requirements of our system do not exceed what is normally available in a standard office environment.

48-core Intel QuantumCube^TM

Standard Hardware Configuration:

(QS48-2660C-XW6)

8 x 2.66 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon Westmere processors (6.4GT/sec QPI)
96 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (2 GB/core)
4000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
4-port USB2 panel in front, 4-port USB2 panel in back
external 500 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

Advanced Hardware Configuration:

(QS48-2930C-XW6)

8 x 2.93 GHz 6-core Intel Xeon Westmere processors (6.4GT/sec QPI)
192 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (4 GB/core)
8000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
4-port USB2 panel in front, 4-port USB2 panel in back
external 1000 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

NOTE Xeon 5500 series quad-core based systems are still available. Please see

quad-core specification

AMD based systems

32-core AMD QuantumCube^TM

Standard Hardware Configuration:

(QS32-2000C-OM8)

4 x 2.0 GHz 8-core AMD Opteron Magny-Cours processors
64 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (2 GB/core)
2000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
2-port USB panel
external 500 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

Advanced Hardware Configuration:

(QS32-2400C-OM8)

4 x 2.4 GHz 8-core AMD Opteron Magny-Cours processors
128 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (4 GB/core)
4000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
2-port USB panel
external 1000 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

64-core AMD QuantumCube^TM

Standard Hardware Configuration:

(QS64-2000C-OM8)

8 x 2.0 GHz 8-core AMD Opteron Magny-Cours processors
128 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (2 GB/core)
4000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
2-port USB panel
external 500 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

Advanced Hardware Configuration:

(QS64-2400C-OM8)

8 x 2.4 GHz 8-core AMD Opteron Magny-Cours processors
256 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (4 GB/core)
8000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
4-port USB panel
external 1000 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

Approximate dimensions of the unit are: height 26" width 15" depth 19"; weight around 100 lbs. The maximum power usage is about 1200 W under load. The power and cooling requirements of our system do not exceed what is usually available in a standard office environment.

48-core AMD QuantumCube^TM

Standard Hardware Configuration:

(QS48-1900C-OM12)

4 x 1.9 GHz 12-core AMD Opteron Magny-Cours processors
96 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (2 GB/core)
2000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
2-port USB panel
external 500 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

Advanced Hardware Configuration:

(QS48-2200C-OM12)

4 x 2.2 GHz 12-core AMD Opteron Magny-Cours processors
192 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (4 GB/core)
4000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
2-port USB panel
external 1000 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

96-core AMD QuantumCube^TM

Standard Hardware Configuration:

(QS96-1900C-OM12)

8 x 1.9 GHz 12-core AMD Opteron Magny-Cours processors
192 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (2 GB/core)
4000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
2-port USB panel
external 500 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

Advanced Hardware Configuration:

(QS96-2200C-OM12)

8 x 2.2 GHz 12-core AMD Opteron Magny-Cours processors
384 GB of DDR3 REG ECC memory (4 GB/core)
8000 GB serial-ATA2 hard disk storage (enterprise class, 7200 rpm, 32 MB cache)
RAID mirroring and striping
1000 Mb/s gigabit ethernet for internal communication; 10/100/1000 Mb/s external ethernet connection
DVD-RW drive
4-port USB panel
external 1000 GB backup hard drive
video card with 3D-accelerated graphics
22" wide-screen flat-panel monitor, keyboard and mouse
straight-through air flow, low noise design

Systems Comparison Overview

Model	# cores	CPU clock (GHz)	Total Memory (GB)	Memory/ Core (GB)	Disk space (GB)	# compute nodes	CPU type
QS24-2660C-XW6	24	2.66	48	2	2000	2	Intel
QS24-2930C-XW6	24	2.93	96	4	4000	2	Intel
QS48-2660C-XW6	48	2.66	96	2	4000	4	Intel
QS48-2930C-XW6	48	2.93	192	4	8000	4	Intel
QS32-2000C-OM8	32	2.00	64	2	2000	2	AMD
QS32-2400C-OM8	32	2.00	128	4	4000	2	AMD
QS64-2000C-OM8	64	2.40	128	2	4000	4	AMD
QS64-2400C-OM8	64	2.40	256	4	8000	4	AMD
QS48-1900C-OM12	48	1.90	96	2	2000	2	AMD
QS48-2200C-OM12	48	2.20	192	4	4000	2	AMD
QS96-1900C-OM12	96	1.90	192	2	4000	4	AMD
QS96-2200C-OM12	96	2.20	384	4	8000	4	AMD

Our computers use the latest Linux operating system and come fully configured with the

X-Window system
Network File System (NFS)
Message Passing Interface (MPI) and Parallel Virtual Machine (PVM)
Sun Grid Engine (SGE) parallel job queuing software

There is a single set of users and home directories on all systems (with the exception of the root and tech accounts). The user password files and the home directories reside physically on the master and are accessed transparently from the slaves.

WARRANTY

We offer a full, 1 year warranty on all hardware components. Should you have any problems, you can, at our discretion, either return the affected equipment to us for repair or replacement, replace components yourself following our instructions, or we will make the repair on site. This warranty can be extended to 2 years for an additional 10% of the system price. If an extended warranty is purchased, then any part not used after 2 years may be credited towards the cost of a new QuantumCube^TM or QuantumCluster^TM if purchased in years 3 or 4.

Monday, 12-Jul-10 12:12:48 PDT