THE HECToR SERVICE WILL CLOSE ON MARCH 21st 2014 AND WILL BE SUPERCEDED BY THE ARCHER SERVICE. Prospective users should refer to the ARCHER Website. These pages are kept for historical reasons only.
HECToR AU Calculator
This page helps you to calculate the values you need to fill in the HECToR Application Forms.
To use the calculator simply fill in the values in the input section and the remaining entries will be calculated automatically. You do not need to fill in all the fields if you are not interested in that section.
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Input section
Job Data
The information in this table can be used to help fill in the table on page 9 of the HECToR TA form. (You will also need some data from the fields you have filled in above.)
Largest Job | Typical Job | Smallest Job | |
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Total memory required (per job) | |||
Total time for these jobs (hours) |
Additional Job Data
The information in this table is not needed for the HECToR TA form but may be useful.
Number of nodes (per job) | |||
Memory per parallel process | |||
kAUs (per job) [?] | |||
Notional cost (per job) (£) |
Totals
This is information on the total kAUs and notional cost of the current job specification. It is useful for filling out the table on page 10 of the HECToR TA Form and also for the cost associated with HECToR use in the Je-S submission system.
Phase | kAUs/Core Hour | Cores Per Node | kAUs/Node Hour |
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Phase 1 XT4 (Oct 2007 - Jun 2009) | 0.005 | 2 | 0.010 |
Phase 2a XT4 (Aug 2009 - Sep 2010) | 0.007 | 4 | 0.028 |
Phase 2b XE6 (Oct 2010 - November 2011) | 0.007 | 24 | 0.168 |
Phase 3 XE6 (December 2011 - ) | 0.007292 | 32 | 0.233344 |
X2 AU Rates
Phase | kAUs/Core Hour | Cores Per Node | kAUs/Node Hour |
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Phase 1, 2a (Oct 2007 - Sep 2010) | 0.0192 | 4 | 0.077 |
Costs per kAU for Partner Research Councils
Phase | Scalar cost/kAU (£) | Vector cost/kAU (£) |
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Phase 1 (Oct 2007 - July 2009) | 63.54 | 50.836 |
Phase 2a/b (Aug 2009 - November 2011) | 13.71 | 10.969 |
Phase 3 | 5.78 | NA |
Costs per kAU for other Research Councils
Phase | Scalar cost/kAU (£) | Vector cost/kAU (£) |
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Phase 1 (Oct 2007 - July 2009) | 107.65 | 861.17 |
Phase 2a/b (Aug 2009 - November 2011) | 18.95 | 151.61 |
Phase 3 (December 2011 - ) | 8.05 | NA |
Hardware Layout by Phase
XE and XT
Phase | Nodes | Cores Per Node | Memory Per Node (GB) | Max Nodes Per Job | Max Job Time (hours) |
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Phase 1 XT4 (Oct 2007 - Jun 2009) | 5664 | 2 | 6 | 4096 | 12 |
Phase 2a XT4 (Aug 2009 - Sep 2010) | 5664 | 4 | 8 | 4096 | 12 |
Phase 2b XE6 (Oct 2010 - November 2011) | 1856 | 24 | 32 | 1856 | 12 |
Phase 3 XE6 (December 2011 - ) | 2816 | 32 | 32 | 2816 | 24 |
X2
Phase | Nodes | Cores Per Node | Memory Per Node (GB) | Max Nodes Per Job | Max Job Time (hours) |
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Phase 1, 2a (Oct 2007 - Sep 2010) | 28 | 4 | 32 | 28 | 12 |