Tender for HPC Expansion
We have a requirement to expand the cluster by adding another 12 compute nodes which will be connected using IB.
T20/0046 HPC expansion
University of Northumbria at Newcastle
Contract summary
Industry
- Data-processing machines (hardware) – 30210000
Location of contract
North East
Value of contract
£100,000 to £500,000
Procurement reference
BIP590332702
Published date
29 April 2021
Closing date
17 May 2021
Closing time
1pm
Contract start date
24 May 2021
Contract end date
24 May 2024
Contract type
Supply contract
Procedure type
Open procedure
Contract is suitable for SMEs?
No
Contract is suitable for VCSEs?
Yes
Description
Northumbria University has an HPC cluster (Oswald) which utilises Intel Omniopath (OPA) as the node interconnection fabric. As Intel has stopped future development of OPA we want to migrate to use Mellanox Infiniband node interconnection fabric.
We have a requirement to expand the cluster by adding another 12 compute nodes which will be connected using IB. We must keep the current cluster intact and operational, so we need to add an OPA-IB Bridge (LNET-Router) and then migrate our current nodes over to IB over time.
We also require another 120TB of storage as a SAS connected JBOD.
Items required
•12 Nodes, ~120TB storage, Infiniband Switch, OPA-IB Bridge(Lnet Router)
•All hardware to be SuperMicro based, with the exception of the Infiband switch.
More information
- Links
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- https://www.delta-esourcing.com/tenders/UK-GB-newcastle:-T20/0046-HPC-expansion/YY9Z25V4M5
- Tender Notice
- Please follow this link to view the notice.
How to apply
Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.
About the buyer
Contact name
Angelique Borsboom
Address
Sutherland building
Newcastle upon Tyne
NE2 1XE
UK
Telephone
07429334777