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CSDMS High Performance Computing Cluster

CSDMS has purchased compute nodes on the Blanca condo cluster managed by the University of Colorado Research Computing group (CURC). These nodes form the basis of the CSDMS High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC), providing access to a state-of-the-art supercomputing resource for every CSDMS member.

Get an account

Although the CSDMS HPCC is available free of charge to the CSDMS community, we require users to submit a short application that outlines how they will use the cluster.

Documentation

Hardware

Each Blanca compute node has:

2x 14-core 2.4 GHz Intel “Broadwell” processors
128 GB RAM at 2400 MHz
1x 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive
10 gigabit/s Ethernet

As of 2024-05-02, four compute nodes are available in the CSDMS HPCC. In addition to these reserved nodes, CSDMS members have access, depending on current usage, to the other compute nodes in the Blanca cluster. See the Blanca documentation for details.

Software

Modules are used on Blanca to load software into a user environment. CURC also provides support for installing custom or third-party software. Help requests should be sent to rc-help@colorado.edu.

Attribution and Reporting of Results

When reporting results obtained through the CSDMS HPCC, we request the following acknowledgement:

   We acknowledge computing time on the CSDMS High Performance Computing Cluster.

Please notify us of any tech reports, conference papers, journal articles, or theses which contain results obtained through the CSDMS HPCC. Your assistance will help ensure that our online bibliography of results is as complete as possible. Citations should be sent to csdms@colorado.edu.

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+CSDMS has purchased compute nodes on the [https://www.colorado.edu/rc/resources/blanca Blanca] condo cluster
+managed by the University of Colorado [https://www.colorado.edu/rc Research Computing] group (CURC).
+These nodes form the basis of the CSDMS High Performance Computing Cluster (HPCC),
+providing access to a state-of-the-art supercomputing resource for every CSDMS member.
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 == Get an account ==
-The CSDMS HPC cluster provides CSDMS members with a state-of-the-art computing cluster. Although the CSDMS HPCC is available free-of-charge to the CSDMS community, we require users submit a [[HPCC_account_requirements|short application]] that outlines how they will use the cluster.
+Although the CSDMS HPCC is available free of charge to the CSDMS community,
+we require users to submit a [[HPCC_account_requirements|short application]] that outlines how they will use the cluster.
 == Documentation ==
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 == Hardware ==
-CSDMS has purchased compute nodes that operate as part of the [https://www.colorado.edu/rc/resources/blanca '''''Blanca'''''] cluster. The specifications for the CSDMS nodes are:
+Each Blanca compute node has:
 * 2x 14-core 2.4 GHz Intel “Broadwell” processors
 * 128 GB RAM at 2400 MHz
 * 1x 1 TB 7200 RPM hard drive
 * 10 gigabit/s Ethernet
-As of {{#time: m/d/Y|now}}, four compute nodes are available for usage. In addition to these nodes, CSDMS members also have access to the larger cluster based on current usage.
+As of {{#time: Y-m-d|now}}, four compute nodes are available in the CSDMS HPCC.
+In addition to these reserved nodes, CSDMS members have access, depending on current usage, to the other compute nodes in the Blanca cluster.
+See the [https://curc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/access/blanca.html Blanca documentation] for details.
-==Software==
+== Software ==
-The CSDMS HPCC is managed by the [https://www.colorado.edu/rc Research Computing] group (RC) at the University of Colorado.
-RC provides support for installing custom or third-party software.
+[https://curc.readthedocs.io/en/latest/compute/modules.html Modules] are used on Blanca to load software into a user environment.
+CURC also provides support for installing custom or third-party software.
 Help requests should be sent to [mailto:rc-help@colorado.edu rc-help@colorado.edu].
 == Attribution and Reporting of Results ==
-When reporting results that were obtained on the CSDMS cluster, we request the following language be used as part of an acknowledgement:
-     We acknowledge computing time on the CU-CSDMS High-Performance Computing Cluster.
+When reporting results obtained through the CSDMS HPCC, we request the following acknowledgement:
+     We acknowledge computing time on the CSDMS High Performance Computing Cluster.
-Also, please notify us of any tech reports, conference papers, journal articles, theses, or dissertations which contain results that were obtained on blanca. Your assistance will help ensure that our online bibliography of results is as complete as possible. Citations should be sent to [mailto:CSDMSsupport@colorado.edu us].
+Please notify us of any tech reports, conference papers, journal articles, or theses which contain results obtained
-<br><br>
+through the CSDMS HPCC.
+Your assistance will help ensure that our online bibliography of results is as complete as possible.
+Citations should be sent to [mailto:CSDMSsupport@colorado.edu csdms@colorado.edu].