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-Hardware/software requirements
-MITgcm has been designed to run efficiently on a wide range of computer
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MITgcm also runs on a single PC and PC clusters.
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The minimum you require to run the model is a PC running linux and a
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+Hardware/software requirements
+This page summarises computer system requirements for using MITgcm in a
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+range of scenarios that spans simulations on a desktop PC to simulations
+run on a high-end supercomputer. The side bar on the left contains
+links to sites from which third party software and hardware, which you
+may require, can be obtained. The text below and the
+online document explain
+in what situations you will need these items. In many cases the software
+you need will already be installed on your computer system and you can
+go straight ahead and start using the model.
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+Platforms where MITgcm is run regularly include
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+PC's ( both Intel and AMD processor based) running Linux.
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+Unix workstations from Sun, SGI, HP, IBM, Compaq.
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+Unix based PC and workstation clusters.
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+high-end symetric multi-processor systems.
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+Under the WRAPPER, code also runs very efficiently on high-end vector
+processing systems, if you have one.
+The minimum you require to run the model is
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+a computer runing a Unix style operating system.
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+a Fortran 77, Fortran 90 or Fortran 95 compiler.
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+a C compiler.
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+a system with an implementation of the MPI library installed.
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+Specialized communication software to optimizes performance on a specific
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go here to download the model. The full distribution (including
+examples with input datasets and sample output) is around 50MB. Instructions
+on estimating the computing resource requirements (CPU time, memory usage
+and disk space) for a set of numerical experiments can be found here.
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