Regional & National HPC resources available to UCSB Triton Affiliates and Partners Program (TAPP) Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) UCSB clusters https://it.ucsb.edu/services/supercomputing
Triton Affiliates and Partners Program (TAPP) http://tritonresource.sdsc.edu/ Encourages campus participation, allowing researchers to use time and storage space on SDSC computing and data resources. Campuses purchase blocks of time or storage which researchers may then request from their TAPP campus administrators.
TAPP - hardware http://tritonresource.sdsc.edu/hardware.php Component Features Node Details Data Analysis Facility Triton Compute Cluster Data Oasis (Planned) 28 Sun X4600M2 nodes 256 gb222x Appro blade nodes 2-4 Petabytes disk space 8 quad-core Shanghai 8380 2.5 GHz processors (8 @ 512 GB memory; 20 @ 256 GB memory ) 4 are dedicated local database nodes 2 quad-core Intel Nehalem 2.4 GHz processors 24 GB memory 20 TeraFlops peak 3000-6000 disks 60-120 GB per second throughput Myricom Myrinet Multiprotocol Switch with 448 MX ports, 32 ten-gigabit ethernet ports. Worst-case MPI latency of 2.4 microseconds and an achievable 1.2 gigabytes per second per network interconnection. Software: http://tritonresource.sdsc.edu/software.php
TAPP accounts http://www.oit.ucsb.edu/computing/supercomputing/accounts.asp Three types of accounts: Individual accounts Research group accounts Class accounts
TAPP accounts Individual accounts: < 1,000 hrs/yr (500 hrs/semester=6 mo), and used for training and start-up To apply, please use the TAPP Allocation Application Form (doc). Unused time rolls over. Research accounts: Max allocated time is 20,000 hrs/semester. To apply, please use the TAPP Allocation Application Form (doc). If you are requesting more than 5,000 hours per semester, you will also need to submit the TAPP Additional Usage Allocation Form (doc).
XSEDE [ex TeraGrid] XSEDE - Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment - supports 20 supercomputers and high-end visualization and data analysis resources across the country https://www.xsede.org/ https://portal.xsede.org/
Campus Champions Program What is it? Supports campus representatives as a local source of knowledge about HPC, etc. Access to XSEDE and input to its staff Campus Champion Startup Research
XSEDE - hardware HPC resources + short overview + short user guide https://www.xsede.org/resources/overview HPC resources + full description + full user guide https://portal.xsede.org/resource-monitor
HPC RESOURCE NAME SITE MANUFACTURER / PLATFORM MACHINE TYPE PEAK TERAFLOP S DISK SIZE (TB) Gordon ION SDSC Appro Cluster 0 4000 Forge NCSA Dell PowerEdge C6145 with NVIDIA Fermi M2070 Cluster 150 600 Ranger TACC Sun Constellation System Cluster 579.3 1730 Kraken-XT5 NICS Cray XT5 MPP 1174 2400 Lonestar4 TACC Dell PowerEdge Westmere Linux Cluster Cluster 302 1000 Steele Purdue U Dell 1950 Cluster Cluster 66.59 130 Trestles SDSC Appro Cluster 100 140 Quarry Indiana U Dell AMD SMP 0 335 Blacklight PSC SGI UV 1000 cc-numa SMP 36 150 Keeneland Georgia Tech HP and NVIDIA Cluster 615 0 Advanced VIS Spur TACC Sun Visualization Cluster Cluster 1.13 1730 Longhorn TACC Dell / NVIDIA Visualization & Data Analysis Cluster Cluster 20.7 210 Nautilus NICS SGI SGI/NVIDIA, Visualization and Data Analysis System SMP 8.2 960 HTC Open Science Grid USC Various Linux Cluster 0 0 Condor Pool Purdue U Condor Pool Cluster 60 170
STORAGE RESOURCE NAME SITE MEDIA TYPE FILE SPACE TB IU Archival Storage (replicated or single copy) Indiana U Tape 2800 Data Supercell PSC Disk 4000 Dedicated (nonpurged) disk for databases and data collections Indiana U Disk 100 Lustre file space (IU Data Capacitor) Indiana U Disk 535 NCSA Tape Storage NCSA Tape 10000
XSEDE - software XSEDE software resources include software and services that are centrally supported, software that is supported locally by the service provider sites, software environment management tools, and software areas for installation of software maintained by the user and available to a specified community of users. https://www.xsede.org/software Comprehensive Software Search
XSEDE - accounts https://portal.xsede.org/ Create a portal account: Enter the Portal User Name Create Account Then e-mail: UserName & Requested Machine{s} & AllocationForm [http://www.oit.ucsb.edu/computing/supercomputing/accounts.asp] to: kadir@oit.ucsb.edu
XSEDE - accounts Individual accounts. < 30,000 hrs/year for training and getting acclimated; use the XSEDE Allocation Application Form (doc). [http://www.oit.ucsb.edu/computing/supercomputing/accounts.asp] For more than 30,000 hrs/year: submit a proposal to the XSEDE Allocations Committee [https://www.xsede.org/web/guest/new-allocation].
XSEDE Accounts Startup Allocations Reviewed continually throughout the year. Faculty & post-docs. Easy to request, fast approval time Up to 200,000 CPU-hours Research Allocations Handled by the XSEDE Resource Allocations Committee (XRAC), which meets quarterly.
Class Accounts Faculty members who wish to use highperformance computers for their classes may apply for time on the SDSC Triton and/or XSEDE systems. Applicants for a class account will need to supply: Instructor's resume Course title Course description Course syllabus Number of students https://it.ucsb.edu/services/supercomputing/accounts
Startup is easy to get! https://portal.xsede.org/submit-request
https://portal.xsede.org/web/guest/allocation-policies
Extended Collaborative Support Services (ECSS) https://www.xsede.org/ecss The Extended Collaborative Support Service (ECSS) pairs members of the XSEDE user community with expert staff members for an extended period to work together to solve challenging science and engineering problems through the application of cyberinfrastructure. 20
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