System Configuration
Param Shakti : System Hardware Specifications
Total Nodes: 454
- Master Nodes: 2
- Login Nodes: 8
- Service/Management Nodes: 2
- CPU Compute Nodes: 384
- High Memory Nodes: 36
- GPU Nodes: 22
Master Nodes (2)
The master nodes manage and monitor all components of the PARAM Shakti cluster,
including system health, resource utilization, and workload scheduling.
Component Specification CPU 2 × Intel Xeon SKL G-6148 (40 cores @ 2.4 GHz) Total Cores 80 Memory 384 GB (Total: 768 GB) Storage 900 GB HDD
Login Nodes (8)
Login nodes act as entry points for all users. They are used for job submission,
file transfers, and pre/post-processing tasks. Direct heavy computation is not allowed.
Component Specification CPU 2 × Intel Xeon SKL G-6148 Total Cores 320 Memory 384 GB (Total: 3,072 GB) Storage 900 GB HDD
Service / Management Nodes (2)
These nodes handle scheduling services, system coordination, and cluster-level management tasks.
Component Specification CPU 2 × Intel Xeon SKL G-6148 Total Cores 240 Memory 384 GB (Total: 2,304 GB) Storage 900 GB HDD
CPU Compute Nodes (384)
These are the primary compute nodes used for CPU-intensive workloads and parallel processing.
Component Specification CPU 2 × Intel Xeon SKL G-6148 Total Cores 15,360 Memory 192 GB per node Local Storage 480 GB SSD (scratch)
High Memory Nodes (36)
Designed for memory-intensive workloads.
Component Specification CPU 2 × Intel Xeon SKL G-6148 Total Cores 1,440 Memory 768 GB per node Local Storage 480 GB SSD
GPU Compute Nodes (22)
GPU nodes accelerate deep learning and parallel workloads using NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPUs.
Component Specification CPU 2 × Intel Xeon SKL G-6148 Total CPU Cores 880 Memory 192 GB per node GPU 2 × NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU Memory 16 GB HBM2 per GPU
Storage System
- Lustre Parallel File System
- Primary Storage: 2.1 PiB
- Archival Storage: 500 TiB
- Throughput: ~50 GB/s
Operating System
- Linux (CentOS 7.6)