HPC
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
The CSDMS HPCC is available free of charge to the CSDMS community. There are a few steps required to obtain an account.
Step 1.
Become a CSDMS member.
Step 2.
Make an ACCESS account. ACCESS is the Advanced Cyberinfrastructure Coordination Ecosystem: Services & Support program, funded by National Science Foundation to support research cyberinfrastructure in the U.S.
Note: If you already have an XSEDE or an ACCESS account, skip this step and proceed to Step 3.
Step 3.
Email CSDMS.
Step 4.
Email CURC.
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.
