CLUSTERINO

Our in-house computing cluster is based on the high-performance, high-throughput batch processing system Condor. The idea is to harvest of computing resources that would otherwise be unused. For example workstations that would run idle over night.

The system combines workstations of different configurations, speed and operating systems.

Using a simple, yet powerful job management system, calculations (jobs) can be easily started and controlled. Special splitting software enables the splitting of complex jobs into smaller parts which can be calculated in parallel. The distribution of these jobs onto single workstations (nodes) is done fully automatically. Finished jobs are collected and kept for download at a single central node.

The flexibility of Condor enables the integration of almost any computer, enabling the integration of workstations which would otherwise be idle, therefore harvesting valuable computing time.

CLUSTERINO enables an efficient collection and fair distribution of available computational power.

The cluster itself is operates on a 64bit Linux OS, however we provide virtual machines to allow easy installation and allow operation also on Windows machines.

More information on the current grid size and its operation can be found in Statistics.