The compute capacity of iVEC@Murdoch consists of an 87.20 TeraFLOPS Performance Optimised Data Centre (POD) funded through the Pawsey Centre Project (epic) and a 512-core commodity Linux cluster (xe). Both these compute capabilities are serviced by a high speed, low latency Lustre file system and are connected to the iVEC network at 10Gb/sec.

Visualisation at iVEC@Murdoch includes a 4m x 3m immersive high-resolution display wall consisting of 18 million pixels. The visualisation capability allows researchers to interrogate and view data in ways not typical available within the research community. The visualisation capability is also used for video conferencing.

iVEC@Murdoch is co-located with the Centre for Comparative Genomics at Murdoch University at Murdoch University. The CCG is an established Western Australian State Government Centre of Excellence. The Centre draws together biomedical and agricultural research and development, bioinformatics activities and expertise in comparative genomics, in such a way as to promote shared understanding within and across fields of study.

Staff expertise at the Centre has been developed over many years in order to meet the demands of a diverse user base ranging from highly technical users to more novice users looking to harness supercomputing for their research.  This expertise includes: commodity Linux cluster architecture and design with particular expertise developed in the Lustre high performance network file system; Maintaining eResearch and Grid Infrastructure; Contemporary software development processes and practices, particularly in relation to maximising use of the Internet to deliver research outcomes; Strategic and Technical delivery of information technology projects.