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.