PARAM Padma is C-DAC’s next generation high performance scalable computing cluster, currently with a peak computing power of One Teraflop. The hardware environment is powered by the Compute Nodes based on the state-of-the-art Power4 RISC processors, using Copper and SOI technology, in Symmetric Multiprocessor (SMP) configurations. These nodes are connected through a primary high performance System Area Network, PARAMNet-II, designed and developed by C-DAC and a Gigabit Ethernet as a backup network.
The PARAM Padma is powered by C-DAC’s flexible and scalable HPCC software environment. The Storage System of PARAM Padma has been designed to provide a primary storage of 5 Terabytes scalable to 22 Terabytes. The network centric storage architecture, based on state-of-the-art Storage Area Network (SAN) technologies, ensures high performance, scalable and reliable storage. It uses Fibre Channel Arbitrated Loop (FC-AL) based technology for interconnecting storage subsystems like Parallel File Servers, NAS Servers, Metadata Servers, Raid Storage Arrays and Automated Tape Libraries, achieving an I/O performance of upto 2 Gigabytes/Second.
The Secondary backup storage subsystem is scalable from 10 Terabytes to 100 Terabytes with an automated tape library and support for DLT, SDLT and LTO Ultrium tape drives. It implements a Hierarchical Storage Management (HSM) technology to optimize the demand on primary storage and effectively utilize the secondary storage.
The PARAM Padma system is also accessible by users from remote locations.
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