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Power and Cooling at Texas Advanced Computing Center
Tommy Minyard, Ph.D.Director of Advanced Computing Systems
42nd HPC User ForumSeptember 8, 2011
TACC Mission & StrategyThe mission of the Texas Advanced Computing Center is to enable scientific discovery and enhance society through the application of advanced computing technologies.
To accomplish this mission, TACC: – Evaluates, acquires & operates
advanced computing systems
– Provides training, consulting, anddocumentation to users
– Collaborates with researchers toapply advanced computing techniques
– Conducts research & development toproduce new computational technologies
Resources & Services
Research & Development
Recent History of Systems at TACC
• 2001 – IBM Power4 system, 1 TFlop, ~300kW• 2003 – Dell Linux cluster, 5 TFlops, ~300 kW• 2006 – Dell Linux blade cluster, 62 TFlops
~500 kW, 16 kW per rack• 2008 – Sun Linux blade cluster, Ranger,
579 TFlops, 2.4 MW, 30kW per rack• 2011 – Dell Linux blade cluster, Lonestar 4,
302 Tflops, 800 kW, 20kW per rack
TACC Data Centers
• Commons Center (CMS)– Originally built in 1986 with 3,200 sq. ft.– Designed to house large Cray systems– Retrofitted multiple times to increase power/cooling
infrastructure, ~1 MW total power– 18” raised floor, standard CRAC cooling units
• Research Office Complex (ROC)– Built in 2007 as part of new office building– 6,400 sq.ft., 1 MW original designed power– Refitted to support 4 MW total power for Ranger– 30” raised floor, CRAC and APC In-Row Coolers
CMS Data Center Previously
CMS Data Center Now
Lonestar 4
Dell Intel 64-bit Xeon Linux Cluster22,656 CPU cores (302 TFlops)
44 TB memory, 1.8 PB disk
Lonestar 4 Front Row
Lonestar 4 End of Rows
Lonestar 4 Electrical Panels
ROC Data Center
Houses Ranger, Longhorn, Corral, and other support systems
Built in 2007 and already nearing capacity
Ranger
Data Center of the Future
• Exploring flexible and efficient data center designs
• Planning for 50 kW per rack, 10 MW total system power in the near future
• Prefer 480V power distribution to racks• Exotic cooling ideas not excluded
– Thermal storage tanks– Immersion cooling
Immersive Cooling – Green Revolution Cooling
Servers suspended in mineral oil
Improves heat transfer and more efficient “transport” of heat than air
Requires refit of servers to remove fans
Summary
• Data center/rack power densities increasing• Efficiency of delivering power and cooling the
heat generated becoming substantial• Air cooling reaching limits of cooling
capability• Future data centers will require more “exotic”
or customized cooling solutions for very high power density
