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-= HPC at Tulane =
+== HPC at Tulane University ==
 
-== Cypress ==
+The Tulane University High Performance Computing system, code named “Cypress,” is one of
+the fastest computers in the world. In November 2014, the TOP500 ranked Cypress as the 271st
+supercomputer site in the world. It is the 3rd fastest among private American universities and
+10th fastest among across all American universities.
 
-Cypress is Tulane's newest HPC cluster, offered by Technology Services for use by the Tulane research community.
+Cypress is located in the Tulane datacenter in Downtown New Orleans. It is composed of Dell
+state-of-the-art technology, using Intel Ivy Bridge CPU, Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor, and Lustre
+file system running on Dell’s Terascala storage technology. The components of Cypress were
+carefully selected to provide consistent performance over a wide range of scientific applications.
+Cypress delivers a peak general capability of 369Teraflops and incorporates 11.84TB of fast
+main memory with 1.476 Petabyte of parallel-distributed file system Lustre high-performance
+storage, 480TB of which is dedicated to Hadoop with IEEL (Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre)
+high performance storage for use by the Hadoop data analytics queue.
+
+|| Node Type || C8220X/E5-2680 v2 & Xeon Phi 7120P ||
+|| # of Nodes || 124 ||
+|| CPUs per node || 2 ||
+|| Total E5 2680 v2 Cores || 2,480 ||
+|| Total Xeon Phi cores || 15,128 ||
+|| Tflops CPUs only (theoretical) || 69.44 ||
+|| Tflops system peak w/ Phi (theoretical) || 369 ||
+|| Memory per node || 12 nodes: 256GB each - 25 nodes: 128GB each - 87 nodes: 64GB each ||
+|| Total Memory || 11.84TB ||
+|| Storage || 1.476PB expandable to 4PB ||
+
+
+
+== HPC Ranking as of November 2014 ==
+
+==== Fastest Among Private American Universities ====
+1. 53 Conte – Purdue
+2. 94 HPCC – USC
+3. 271 Cypress - Tulane
+
+==== Fastest Across All American Universities ====
+1. 53 Conte – Purdue University
+2. 59 !BlueGene/Q - Rensselaer University
+3. 84 Big Red 2 - Indiana University
+4. 88 !SuperMic - Louisiana State University (LSU)
+5. 89 Palmetto - Clemson University
+6. 94 HPCC - University of Southern California (USC)
+7. 153 Ada – University of Texas A&M
+8. 162 Keeneland - Georgia Tech University
+9. 222 Shadow - Missisippi State University
+10. 271 Cypress - Tulane University
+
+
+
+== Getting Started on Cypress ==
+
+Follow the links below for information on obtaining an account, and instructions on using Cypress.
 
  * [[cypress/about|Introduction to Cypress]]