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A new 41-node linux cluster, named Funes, for source and numerical relativity simulations, was built at the beginning of 2004, thanks to the support of a NASA University Research grant and grid computing projects. It is composed of 41 nodes with dual Pentium Xeon 3.2 Ghz processors, 8 Gigabytes of RAM per node, 2 x 120 Gigabyte hard drives per node, and is interconnected through a gigabit network. It will be powered by backup UPS systems to allow operation for up to 30 minutes on batteries. It also comes with full software installation in the form of RH9.0 operative system OSCAR 2.1 for the administration of the cluster and monitoring of the hardware. |
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The cluster was named after a short story by Jorge Luis Borges - ‘Funes, el memorioso’. You can read the story at the following links:
http://www.literatura.us/borges/funes.html (Espanol)
http://www.bridgewater.edu/~atrupe/GEC101/Funes.html (English)
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