The Distributed ASCI Supercomputer 2 (DAS-2)

Notice: DAS-2 has been succeeded by the DAS-3 system.

DAS-2 is a wide-area distributed computer of 200 Dual Pentium-III nodes. The machine is built out of clusters of workstations, which are interconnected by SurfNet, the Dutch university Internet backbone for wide-area communication, whereas Myrinet, a popular multi-Gigabit LAN, is used for local communication.

The clusters are located at five Dutch Universities:

Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Leiden University University of Amsterdam Delft University of Technology University of Utrecht

DAS-2 Machine Architecture DAS-2 User Information Research on DAS-2 DAS-2 Pictures About the name DAS

Latest additions

• The next generation DAS system, DAS-3, is now in production.
• A seperate page contains general announcements regarding DAS-2.
• A seperate page describes latest software updates on DAS-2.
• The slides from the DAS-2 workshop held June 6, 2002, at the Vrije Universiteit are now available online.

Photos of DAS-2 at the Vrije Universiteit: