TETHYS-2G
The second generation of the Munich Tectonic High-Performance Simulator was running in production mode from December 2012 to August 2022. It was then replaced by TETHYS-3g.
Technical Specification
| total number of cores | 864 |
| number of blades | 72 |
| blade type | Fujitsu Technologies PRIMERGY BX920 S2 Dual Server Blade |
| number of processors per blade | 2 |
| type of processor | Intel Xeon X5650 (64-bit, six core) |
| clock speed | 2.66 GHz (base) - 3.06 GHz (turbo) |
| L1 cache | 32/32KB (data/instruction) per core |
| L2 cache | 256 KB per core |
| L3 cache | 12MB (jointly accessible by all cores) |
| local memory (per blade) | 48GB RAM (DDR3) |
| local storage (per blade) | 2 TB |
| network | 1000T Ethernet |
| commissioned | July 2012 |
| start of user operation | December 2012 |
| end of user operation | August 2022 |
| decommissioned | August 2022 |
Acknowledgements
The cluster is being co-funded by the Free State of Bavaria and the German Science Foundation (DFG) in the framework of the programme for Forschungsgroßgeräte nach Art. 91b GG.