Super computer

Tender description

This tender is split into 3 lots. The first 2 involve the replacement of the existing supercomputer services situated at both Cardiff University (Lot 1) and Swansea University (Lot 2). The third lot (Lot 3) is a High Performance Data Analytics system. Further information is contained in the SQ document and the ITT. Lot 1 Cardiff Supercomputer: Lot 1 is to replace the existing supercomputing services (hardware and software) at Cardiff University for both HPC Wales 1 Ltd and Cardiff University's centralised system (Raven). This includes the cluster management and user access interfaces, the compute node partition (with a sub set of novel architecture and enhanced memory nodes), file systems and associated high performance storage, and relevant software environment. There is also a requirement to migrate a live user community onto this replacement service. Full details are presented in the ITT. Lot 2. Swansea Supercomputer Service: Lot 2 is to replace the existing supercomputing service (hardware and software) at Swansea University's Supercomputing Wales hub. This includes the cluster management and user access interfaces, the compute node partition (with a sub set of novel architecture and enhanced memory nodes), file systems and associated high performance storage, and relevant software environment. There is also a requirement to migrate a live user community onto this replacement service. Full details are presented in the ITT. Lot 3. High Performance Data Analytics. This Lot is to support the emerging ‘Big Data’ research drivers based on a developmental service, although it will have production component. The aim is to provide a dedicated platform that will require the provision of software for managing and controlling a local cloud solution, virtualisation, scheduling and running containers across a shared environment, workload management capable of provisioning machines, and support for various open-source analytics style databases. In addition there is a requirement for a flexible storage system to support diverse workloads, filewalls and encryption applicable for medically related research and a full software environment for the development of analytics tools and workflows. Full details are provided in the ITT.