Overview of High Performance Computing (HPC) environments @ UMCG/RUG
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Key features of the current 2.x High Performance Computing (HPC) environments @ UMCG/RUG::
- Job scheduling: SLURM
- Account management: multiple account servers with centralized account management via IDVault. Hence you have the same account for different clusters.
- Linux OS: CentOS 6.x
- Distributed over multiple data centers.
Server overview
Server types
Server types that you can access directly:
- User Interface (UI) servers: this is where you login to manage your jobs
- Thin UIs: Small virtual machines with a just a few cores, little memory, etc. Only suitable for job management; not for running/testing large interactive scripts/commands.
- Fat UIs: Large physical machines with many cores, lots of memory and sometimes local fast scratch disks. Can be used for both job management and for running/testing large interactive scripts/commands.
- Data Staging servers: Dedicated machines for large data transfers.
Server types that you can access indirectly:
- Schedulers: Determine which jobs will be executed on which nodes and when.
- Nodes: Crunch jobs submitted to queues/partitions.
HPC environments
User Community | Cluster | UI server | UI Type | Env Version | Shared Storage Systems | Access |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
UMCG Research | Calculon | calculon.hpc.rug.nl | Fat | 2.2 | prm02, tmp04 | Access from outside UMCG/RUG network via proxy. No access for LifeLines users. |
LifeLines Research | Calculon | lifelines.hpc.rug.nl | Thin | 2.2 | prm02, tmp04 | Access only via LifeLines workspaces. No access for UMCG users. |
RUG Research | Peregrine | peregrine.hpc.rug.nl | Thin | 2.x | data, scratch | Optional for UMCG users, contact admin. |
pg-interactive.hpc.rug.nl | Fat | 2.x | data, scratch | Optional for UMCG users, contact admin. | ||
Genome Diagnostics | Zinc-Finger | zinc-finger.gcc.rug.nl | Thin | 2.1 | tmp05 | For genetics dept. only, contact admin. No access from outside: UMCG network only. |
Genome Diagnostics | Leucine-Zipper | leucine-zipper.gcc.rug.nl | Thin | 2.1 | tmp06 | For genetics dept. only, contact admin. No access from outside: UMCG network only. |
For detailed documentation for the various HPC environments see these pages:
- UMCG research cluster - ''Calculon''
- RUG research cluster ''Peregrine''
- Genome Diagnostics clusters Zinc Finger and Leucine-Zipper
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