Computing cluster T-Platforms in KGTU to them A.N. Tupoleva

The T-Platforms company delivered a computing cluster of T-Blade 1.1 by request of the Kazan state technical university of A.N. Tupolev (KGTU).

Training of specialists, the processes having profound knowledge proceeding in modern propulsion and power stations - one of the most important tasks of department of the KGTU special engines. Kontruktiv modern engines requires extremely careful approach to their design. Cameras of engines during operation experience enormous temperature and mechanical loads, and even the slightest inaccuracy in calculation of their characteristics can lead to a failure of the project on creation new or upgrades of the existing model. Therefore during the studying of workflows of engines and improvement of their characteristics the university relies on the most modern technologies of computer simulation.

"The hardware-software computer system developed by T-Platforms company will allow to conduct researches and necessary calculations more productively. Besides, it will expand a range of postgraduate and student's research works. The computing cluster will help us to master new opportunities in studying of processes and will increase integration of the higher school with requirements of production. Already today it the cluster helped us to increase the accuracy of engineering calculations. In the future we are going to increase its computing power for the solution of even more difficult tasks", – Andrey Sabirzyanov, the associate professor of the KGTU special engines considers.

The cluster of KGTU is equipped with four computing nodes based on the six-nuclear Intel Xeon processors Westmere X5650 and Gflops with a peak capacity of 510.72 has. Thanks to the expansion slot PCI-Express 2.0 of the T-Blade 1.1 system are compatible to standard adapters of network devices. It not only optimizes the cost of a node and provides flexibility when configuring cluster solutions, but gives to users of supercomputer systems a significant gain in performance. Application of interconnects of QDR Infiniband repeatedly increased the speed of interprocessor exchange in comparison with indicators of the Gigabit Ethernet interface.

"Today any project on a research and developments of new types of the equipment does not do without high-performance computer systems. In the future the needs for computing powers will grow. It is sure that the clusters delivered by our company will allow to contribute significantly to development of domestic science and mechanical engineering", - Opanasenko Vsevolod, the CEO of T-Platforms company says.