Outlook on VSC-3

Currently preparations for the next cluster system VSC-3 are under way. Based on the experiences with the already installed clusters VSC-1 and VSC-2, and the discussions at the user meeting in Neusiedl am See the following key features for the tender were found:

Energy efficiency: In order to keep... [more...]

Regular user operation on VSC-2 starts

on Monday, 2.1.2012 [more...]

VSC-2: no login possible

due to a crash of one of the Fraunhofer file servers.

We are working on resolving the problem.

Emergency shutdown of VSC-2

on November 30th in the evening. [more...]

VSC-2 ranks 77th

The VSC-2 is listed on position 77 in the November list of the Top500. [more...]

VSC-2 test phase started

Installation and all test runs of VSC-2 are finished and a test mode period is started for our users spanning several weeks. During this period interested users are invited to apply for test projects in order to get familiar with VSC-2. Please apply for preliminary trial (test) projects on VSC-2... [more...]

VSC-2 ranks 56th

The VSC-2 reaches the excellent place 56 on the list of the 500 most powerful computers (Top500). [more...]

VSC-2 Presentation on June 21

The three Universities invite to a presentation and photo shooting of the new Vienna Scientific Cluster 2. [more...]

VSC-2: installation complete

The hardware installation of the VSC-2 at the Arsenal TU building (object 214) was completed in May. [more...]

Successor System VSC-2

The Vienna Scientific Cluster VSC-2 will be a system by MEGWARE Computer, Chemnitz: 1.314 nodes, 2 processors each (AMD Opteron 6132 HE, 2.2 GHz and 8 cores). [more...]