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Request For Expressions of Interest

General Information
Country:   Japan
Notice/Contract Number:   jpn:20091111-5-0
Publication Date:   Nov 15, 2009
Deadline:   Dec 25, 2009
Buyer:   National University Corporation
Original Language:   English

Contact Information
Address:   National University Corporation
Budget and Accounts Division
Japan
Telephone:   03(6734)3011

Assignments

 

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6 SUMMARY (1) CLASSIFICATION OF THE PRODUCTS TO BE PROCURED : 14
(2) NATURE AND QUANTITY OF THE PRODUCTS TO BE RENT :
INTERDISCIPLINARY LARGE-SCALE COMPUTING SYSTEM 1 SET (3) TYPE OF THE
PROCUREMENT : RENT (4) BASIC REQUIREMENTS OF THE PROCUREMENT : A
LARGE-SCALE HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING SYSTEM 1)SUPERCOMPUTING
SYSTEM A SUPERCOMPUTING SYSTEM IS A HIGH PERFORMANCE PARALLEL
COMPUTING SYSTEM CONSISTING OF COMPUTING NODES. PERFORMANCE OF EACH
NODE MUST BE MORE THAN 5TFLOPS AND TOTAL PEAK PERFORMANCE MUST BE
MORE THAN 100TFLOPS FOR 64-BIT FLOATING-POINT CALCULATIONS. B ITS
MAIN MEMORY MUST BE MORE THAN 512GBYTES PER NODE AND 8TBYTES IN
TOTAL. C DATA TRANSMISSION RATE FOR EACH PAIR OF NODES MUST BE MORE
THAN 32GBYTES/S. D THE SYSTEM INCLUDES MAGNETIC DISK UNITS WITH
MORE THAN 600TBYTES STORAGE CAPACITY. E USER SOFTWARE TRANSITIVITY
FROM EXISTING SUPERCOMPUTING SYSTEM (HITACHI SR-11000/K1) MUST BE
NECESSARY. 2)APPLICATION SERVER F APPLICATION SERVER IS A CLUSTER
COMPUTING SYSTEM CONSISTING OF MORE THAN 400 COMPUTING NODES AND ITS
TOTAL PEAK PERFORMANCE MUST BE MORE THAN 60TFLOPS FOR 64-BIT
FLOATING-POINT CALCULATIONS. G MAIN MEMORY PER NODE MUST BE MORE
THAN 64GBYTES. H DATA TRANSMISSION RATE FOR EACH PAIR OF NODES MUST
BE MORE THAN 5GBYTES/S. I THE SYSTEM INCLUDES MAGNETIC DISK UNITS
WITH MORE THAN 400TBYTES. 3)COMMON REQUIREMENTS J THE SYSTEM MUST
PROVIDE THE USER WITH HIGH-LEVEL PARALLEL FORT-RAN/C/C++ COMPILER
WITH AUTOMATED OPTIMIZATION, PARALLEL NUMERICAL LIBRARY, MESSAGE
PASSING LIBRARY, DEBUGGING AND PERFORMANCE TUNING TOOLS. K A WIDE
VARIETY OF APPLICATIONS SOFTWARE AND FREE SOFTWARE MUST BE
INSTALLED. L THE SYSTEM CAN BE OPERATED THROUGH INTERACTIVE AND
BATCH QUEUE MULTI-PROCESSING. M THE SYSTEM CAN BE ACCESSED FROM
HIGH-SPEED NETWORKS. B CLOUD SYSTEM A THE SYSTEM MUST PROVIDE
CAMPUS-WIDE CLOUD SERVICES SUCH AS HOSTING, NETWORKING, SECURITY,
STORAGE, APPLICATION, INPUT/OUTPUT, PORTAL SERVICES AND SO ON. B THE
SYSTEM MUST HAVE OPERATING SYSTEMS, VIRTUALIZATION SOFTWARE,
APPLICATION SOFTWARE, LOAD-BALANCING MECHANISM TO REALIZE THE CLOUD
SERVICES. C THE SYSTEM CAN BE OPERATED AND MANAGED IN ACCORDANCE
WITH HINES, THE UNIVERSITY'S CAMPUS NETWORK IN A UNIFIED MANNER. D
THE SYSTEM INCLUDES CORE NODE SWITCHES AND HIGH-SPEED FIREWALL
SYSTEM TO BE ACCESSED THROUGH THE HINES CAMPUS NETWORK. E USER
SOFTWARE TRANSITIVITY FROM EXISTING GENERAL COMPUTING SYSTEM
(HITACHI BLADE SYMPHONY BS 320 AND IBM BLADE CENTER HS 21) MUST BE
NECESSARY. C OTHERS A THE LARGE-SCALE HIGH-PERFORMANCE SYSTEM AND
THE CLOUD SYSTEM CAN BE UTILIZED, OPERATED, AND MANAGED BASED ON A
UNIFIED SYSTEM VIEW SIMPLE GRAPHICAL USER-INTERFACE. B THE SYSTEM
MUST POSSESS HIGH RELIABILITY FOR BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO
PROVIDE STABLE SERVICES FOR 24 HOURS/365 DAYS BASIS. C TOTAL
ELECTRIC POWER CONSUMPTION MUST NOT EXCEED 1 MVA. THE SYSTEM MUST BE
COST-SAVING FROM VIEWPOINTS OF ENERGY CONSUMPTION, INSTALLATION
SPACE, AND OPERATIONAL OVERHEADS. D SUPPORT SYSTEM MUST BE
NECESSARY FOR BOTH HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE TO RECOVER FROM SYSTEMS
FAILURES AND SECURITY INCIDENTS. E SOFTWARE ASSETS AND SYSTEM
MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS MUST BE MIGRATED FROM THE EXISTING SYSTEM. (5)
TIME LIMIT FOR THE SUBMISSION OF THE REQUESTED MATERIAL : 5 : 00 PM
25, DECEMBER, 2009 (6) CONTACT POINT FOR THE NOTICE : SASAKI
HITOSHI, PROCUREMENT SECTION, PROCUREMENT DIVISION, HOKKAIDO
UNIVERSITY, KITA 8 NISHI 5 KITA-KU SAPPORO-SHI 060-0808 JAPAN, TEL
011-706-4557


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