CCS: Compaq SC 64-node (Falcon)

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Falcon is a 64-node Compaq AlphaServer SC operated by the Center for Computational Sciences at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Falcon was acquired as part of an early-evaluation project.

Each node of Falcon has four 667 MHz Alpha EV67 processors and 2GB of memory.

Additional info about AlphaServer SC systems.

Active CCS projects

Getting Started	Falcon is available for use by certain DOE projects. These are referred to as designated projects. All prospective users please read FINE PRINT (policies): Legal || Usage || Storage New members of designated/approved projects: new user account request
Software	operating system: Tru64 version 5.1 filesystems: DFS, PFS, HPSS job queueing: RMS languages/compilers: Compaq Fortran, C, C++ libraries: CXML (Compaq eXtended Math Library)
Storage	HomePage || HSI || Policy
Getting Help	email || Consultants
User Guides	HSI || Java || MPI || OpenMP || Resource Mgt. System porting to Tru64 Unix additional info is available in /usr/local/docs/user/ on the system.