This new infrastructure facilitates the processing and storage of large amounts of high-quality data in various experiments and simulations across a wide range of research areas.
Through the use of PC servers with OpenStack-based virtualization capabilities and a high-capacity storage system, diverse applications and data assets can be used in conjunction with public clouds
This infrastructure will not only provide an IT environment required by RIKEN users, but will also contribute to the promotion of open science, which encourages the use of research data and analysis methods
Fujitsu today announced that, together with RIKEN, it has completed deployment of a new data science infrastructure, HOKUSAI - SailingShip. RIKEN procured and implemented this system with the goal of facilitating the processing and utilization of enormous and high-quality research data generated through research activities. After a trial operation from
Background
In the course of R&D activities in a wide range of fields, including physics, chemistry, life science, and computational science, RIKEN needed an environment that could perform small-scale simulations with flexible allocation of computing resources and management capabilities using public clouds, as well as a system that could be flexibly applied to data processing and storage. Fujitsu received an order by bidding from RIKEN to deploy Data Science Infrastructure HOKUSAI - SailingShip, which aims to shift the paradigm from compute-oriented systems such as conventional supercomputers to scale-out cloud-based systems. This system commenced operation by RIKEN on
Features of HOKUSAI - SailingShip
1. Flexible execution environment consisting of 440 state-of-the-art x86 servers for various applications
A high-bandwidth Ethernet network connects 440 Fujitsu Server PRIMERGY CX2550 M5 units with Intel's latest CPUs, the 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, for flexible execution of various applications.
2. Scale-out, large-scale storage for easy integration with public clouds
A large 30-petabyte storage system configuration that provides a scalable, flexible data access environment.
By adopting storage systems that support a variety of protocols, data can be easily linked to any external system, including public clouds.
3. Flexible virtual machine environment for a variety of applications
With x86 servers using Mirantis Cloud Platform, an OpenStack-based private cloud infrastructure, at the core, a virtual machine environment can flexibly supply computing resources according to varied requirements from office work to research use.
Open source prevents the system from becoming a black box.
Data Science Infrastructure HOKUSAI - SailingShip
Data Science Infrastructure HOKUSAI - SailingShip
Main configuration of HOKUSAI - SailingShip system
CPU farm Number of nodes 440
Number of cores 21,120
Total main memory capacity 165.0 terabytes
Data farm Capacity 30.0 petabytes
Bandwidth 350 gigabytes / sec
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RIKEN is the only comprehensive research institute for natural science in
RIKEN FUJITSU Server PRIMERGY CX2550 M5
[1] Mirantis Cloud Platform Cloud based software from
[2] OpenStack Free, open-source software for the provision of virtual machines.
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