OREANDA-NEWS. N.P. Ogarev Mordovia State University now has a 6.7 teraflop supercomputer for efficient processing and storage of scientific research. The project was completed in line with the university's computer capacity performance improvement strategy - over five years the university upgraded the capacity of its cluster from 0.3 teraflops to 14 teraflops. In addition, CROC's team designed and implemented an engineering infrastructure for a fault-tolerant cluster operation. All project activities were completed within short time-frames.

“Scientific research is one of our primary lines of activity. We conduct research on fundamental physics and human sciences, and also work on new technologies. For example, we actively develop environmentally friendly energy-saving sources of light emission, materials and components for the new generation of radio engineering devices, optoelectronics, and power electronics. The university runs 19 innovative enterprises, some of which are Skolkovo members. In order to quickly obtain consistent results and therefore improve our research reputation, we needed a reliable engineering foundation for our computer cluster - something which CROC helped us create,” says Konstantin Leschankin, Vice-Principal for Information Technology, N.P. Ogareva Mordovia State University.

"We implemented the engineering infrastructure while construction work was still in progress. In addition, the server room was created from scratch in the new university building. Therefore, there were limitations during the project, such as power outages and the need to install the equipment during zero temperature winter conditions. To accelerate project implementation and reduce risks related to putting supercomputers into operation, we followed a non-standard approach. In addition, concurrent with engineering infrastructure creation, we mounted and tested a computer cluster at CROC's computer lab. This approach helped to reduce project duration by 30%,” comments Alexander Shirokov, Director of CROC's Intelligent Building Department.

The project included installation of a Socomec power supply system and Stulz air conditioning system. The systems are managed with a dispatch control system which also monitors and helps to fix failures and engineering systems have redundancy to operate smoothly in the case of failure or another force majeure. When creating engineering infrastructure, CROC followed customer requirements with regard to protection from interference and power surges, as well as the maintaining of stable temperature and humidity conditions in the rooms. As part of engineering activities, CROC also implemented display systems in several floors of the university educational buildings. These systems display timetables, academic staff details, and other useful information, with content being updated centrally.