Rendering Clusters

Rendering clusters offer affordable yet powerful computing solutions coupled with high quality visualization. Affordable PC based rendering clusters can be used to replace expensive super computers for many applications involving interactive visualization. The visual output of these clusters can be dispersed to a high resolution display. These displays provide enough pixels for large amounts of graphical information while maintaining visual clarity.

arthas render cluster

1 Master Node
7 Graphics Server PCs
1 Tb shared Raid-0 Array
Each node is configured as follows:
- Dual Opteron 246 (2Ghz)
- 8Gb memory (4 per CPU)
- 250Gb Disk space
- NVIDIA 5950 Ultra 256 Video cards
Linux - 2.6.x kernel
Gigabit and Infiniband interconnects
20' 1600x1200 ultra slim bezel LCD bezels

Resources available for use on the AVL Display Wall

IU's involvement in the TeraGrid, and the presentation of this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under Grants No. 0833618, SCI451237, SCI535258, and SCI504075. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.