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Dr Bruce Merry from Computer Science has been testing our new GPU server.  The system has 16 CPU cores, 64GB RAM and 4 x Tesla 2090M Nvidia cards<\/a> with 512 cores and 6GB RAM each.  Initial testing looks promising, the cards are fast, very fast.  However disk I\/O as anticipated is a problem. We’re currently looking at various options to resolve this.<\/p>\n

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We’ve also installed a test version of Ganglia.  There’s a link<\/a> to it from the dashboard<\/a>, although the output of this system is subject to change as we beat it into shape.<\/p>\n

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