Cygnus server is for memory intensive data processing operations.

Specifications

• CPU: dual Opteron 6176 SE, 12 cores per processor, 2.3GHz clock speed, 3.2GHz bus speed, 6.4GT/s.
• Memory: 32 GB (8 x 4GB) 1333 MHz DDR3
• Storage: 6 x 500 GB 6Gb/s NL-SAS hot-plug hard disks in RAID-5. 2.3TB of total disk space.
• Operating System: Fedora (64bit)

Compilers/Interpreters

• C/C++ : gcc/g++ 4.5.1
• Fortran 77/90/95+ : gfortran 4.5.1, Intel Fortran Composer XE 2011.4.191 (includes fortran compiler and Math Kernel Library)
• Python: v2.7
• Perl: v5.12.3, with multi-thread support
• Java: v 1.6.0 OpenJDK Runtime Environment and 64-Bit Server VM

Available Software

Apart from the astronomy software collection, the following packages are available on cygnus:

• IDL 8.0
  • Setup Instructions: None. IDL is ready to use

  
  

• R a free software environment for statistical computing and graphics.
  • Setup Instructions: None. R is ready to use
  • A graphical front-end to R, "rkward" is also available

  
  

• A mailing list, [cygnus-users] is available for users to discuss software/disk-space requirements or any other relevant topics.