
All nodes allow for unlimited stack usage, as well as unlimited core dump size (though disk space and server quotas may still be a limiting factor). The application of operating system patches occurs as security needs dictate. Halstead nodes run CentOS 7 and use Slurm (Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management) as the batch scheduler for resource and job management. Link to section 'Halstead Specifications' of 'Overview of Halstead' Halstead SpecificationsĪll Halstead nodes have 20 processor cores, 128 GB of RAM, and 100 Gbps Infiniband interconnects. More information about his life and impact on Purdue is available in an ITaP Biography of Halstead. Halstead, Professor of Computer Science and Software Science pioneer. Link to section 'Halstead Namesake' of 'Overview of Halstead' Halstead Namesake All nodes have 100 Gbps EDR Infiniband interconnect and a 5-year warranty. Halstead consists of HP compute nodes with two 10-core Intel Xeon-E5 processors (20 cores per node) and 128 GB of memory.

Halstead was built through a partnership with HP and Intel in November 2016.

Halstead is a Purdue Community Cluster, optimized for Purdue's communities running traditional, tightly-coupled science and engineering applications.

Halstead User Guide Link to section 'Overview of Halstead' of 'Overview of Halstead' Overview of Halstead
