EAS virtual infrastructure has been increased this week to accommodate expected growth of instruction and research into 2012. This configuration accommodates a many-to-many (users-to-pc) demand rather than a small curiosity for HPC at this time.

Total CPU Resources: 255GHz
Total Memory: 704GB
Total Distributed/Load Balanced Storage Nodes: 5
Total Storage Capacity: 50TB

From: Sean Staples
Sent: Tuesday, November 29, 2011 4:53 PM
To: EAS all
Subject: Virtual Infrastructure Updated to vSphere 5 w/updated Storage Clusters and Redundant 10GbE routers/switches/interconnects

IT Update - A much needed physical redundant network, virtual infrastructure hardware and software additions, and clustered storage was completed and is in production – with capacities to double for this coming spring semester users. Anticipated virtual infrastructure resources will be:

· 108 XEON cores (~253 GHZ total CPU)
· ~704 GB RAM
· ~ 90 TB storage
· 10Gb redundant Ethernet, routers, switches, and interconnects
· many more VLANS (public/private) to use – but never enough here…

Anticipated near-term assessment of CDE/CAD VM desktops using PCoIP (true zero client) for end-users flexibility and control.

Best,

Sean E. Staples