Monday November 23rd, 2009 » Fall Quarter, Week 9
Broadcom Distributed Unified Cluster
What is BDUC?
In a collaborative effort between OIT and ICS, 80 compute nodes donated by Broadcom Corporation were configured as a general purpose computing cluster for UCI faculty, researchers, and graduate students. The collective cluster is named BDUC (Broadcom Distributed Unified Cluster).
Initially, BDUC is comprised of 80 nodes: 40 nodes with 32-bit Intel processors and 40 nodes with 64-bit AMD processors. Broadcom is expected to donate newer servers over time, allowing nodes to be upgraded. OIT and ICS plan to further expand the cluster as well, subject to available staff and Data Center resources.
