Merope (supercomputer)

Merope
Design
ManufacturerSilicon Graphics International
Release datecirca 2016
Decommission dateMay 12, 2021
Casing
System
Operating systemSUSE Linux Enterprise Server
CPUIntel Xeon X5670
Memory86 TB
FLOPS252 teraflops

Merope was a cluster composed of repurposed Intel Xeon X5670 (Westmere) processors that were once part of the Pleiades supercomputer. The system is used both for running real-world computational jobs for NASA scientists and engineers and for testing purposes. Housed in an auxiliary processing center located about 1 kilometer from the NAS facility at NASA Ames Research Center.[1]

Merope (pronounced MEH-reh-pee) is named after one of the seven stars that make up the Pleiades open star cluster in the constellation Taurus.

References

  1. ^ Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain: "Merope Supercomputer". www.nas.nasa.gov. Retrieved 2019-08-31.


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