40 new nodes have been added to the VSC. Each node is equipped with 12 cores (2 Intel X5650 Westmere CPUs) and 24 GB of memory, thereby increasing the number of available cores to 3968. Currently these nodes are designated for single core and SMP jobs.

A call for tender for a successor system (VSC-2) of the Vienna Scientific Cluster has been drawn up and was released in September. Specifications regarding the CPU types, network, memory, and storage have been made in accordance with the results of the consultations at the user meeting on July 1st and with the largest user groups of the VSC.

The new cluster will be installed in a newly adapted location on the premises of the Arsenal near the future Vienna central train station.

Installation of the VSC-2 is expected to begin in the middle of March 2011 and the start of operation is scheduled for June 2011.