A publication of the Office of Advanced Simulation & Computing, NNSA Defense Programs
NA-ASC-500-07—Issue 3
May 2007
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Tri-lab Linux Capacity Cluster Procurement Will Support Stockpile Stewardship Program
The Tri-laboratory Linux Capacity Cluster 2007 (TLCC07) procurement draft request for proposal, released in April 2007, sets the stage to supply hundreds of teraFLOPS of production capacity simulation cycles for the nation’s three defense laboratories: Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, and Sandia. The large-scale capacity computing platforms will be used to support the Stockpile Stewardship Program mission of the NNSA through the ASC Program. The TLCC07 clusters will be delivered to the three laboratories in stages, with the first scalable units being delivered in the fourth quarter of 2007.
The draft TLCC07 request for proposal is now available. Currently, the Livermore Site Office and the DOE contracts department are reviewing the proposal package. Once approved, the final request for proposal package will be released to industry.
The TLCC07 procurement, led by Lawrence Livermore, will:
- Provide a common capacity computing platform and software environment for clusters across the three laboratories. This environment will reduce the complexity of cluster deployment and support, thus making it easier for users to run applications at any site while reducing the amount of computing environments needing code development support.
- Build clusters by purchasing a set of nodes in which all cluster components are contained, also known as a scalable unit. The scalable unit concept allows vendors to apply the might of volume manufacturing practices by building up to 20 to 30 scalable units while retaining the ability to deploy clusters consisting of 2, 4, 6, or 8 scalable units at the different sites.
- Significantly lower overall cluster total cost of ownership for the ASC Program and NNSA.
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