The Visual Analytics Sandbox contains 5 types of nodes:

• Streaming Nodes: To process and extract features from streaming data.
  • # nodes – 6
  • Processor – Intel Xeon E5 2690 v4
  • RAM – 256 GB
  • GPU – Nvdia Tesla P100
  • Storage – 3.2 TB NVMe SSD, 4 TB 7200 rpm HDD
• Analytics Node: To analyze the features from the streaming nodes
  • # nodes – 1
  • Processor – Intel Xeon E5 2690 v4
  • RAM – 448 GB
  • GPU – 2xNvdia Tesla P100
  • Storage – 3.2 TB NVMe SSD, 4 TB 7200 rpm HDD
• Visualization Node: To provide visual analytic support for the VAStream
  • # nodes – 1
  • Processor – Intel Xeon E5 2690 v4
  • RAM – 256 GB
  • GPU – Nvdia Quadro P6000
  • Storage – 3.2 TB NVMe SSD, 4 TB 7200 rpm HDD
• Storage Node: To provide long term storage on VAStream
  • # nodes – 1
  • Storage – 196 TB 7200 rpm HDD
• Infrastructure Nodes: To handle the system processes of the cluster and handle requests from users.
  • # nodes – 3
  • Processor – Intel Xeon E5 2690 v4
  • RAM – 128 GB
  • Storage – 2×4 TB 7200 rpm HDD
• Software
  • Operating System: CentOS
  • Development Software: Python, MATLAB, Mathematica