With Draco, the university operates a high-performance computer that scientists can use for their data analyses and simulations.
But what exactly is a high-performance or mainframe computer and how does it work?
To better understand this, we have brought along our small counterpart TinyDraco - a miniature mainframe computer.
TinyDraco has a very similar structure to a high-performance computer, but here you can see all the individual parts. Like a high-performance computer, TinyDraco also consists of several individual computers that are connected via a network. However, instead of the large (and noisy) server computers, we use single-board computers about the size of an EC card.
With an interactive flow simulation, you will learn how the individual computers are connected to form a high-performance computer and how the computing work is divided up.
