ECMWF Computing Systems

ECMWF operates a large data centre consisting of several major sub-systems.

• IBM Supercomputer Systems
• Parallel Applications
• Data Handling Systems
• Disaster Recovery System
• Highly Available Servers
• General Purpose Servers (including the Linux Cluster)
• Desktop Systems
• Local Area Network
• Wide Area Networks

ECMWF has been using Supercomputers for more than 30 years. For more details on this read about the history of ECWMF Supercomputers.

Staff in the Member States access the Centre's main systems via network links and carry out research in areas ranging from improving numerical weather forecasting techniques to climatological and environmental studies of the atmosphere and oceans.