Scholar Overview¶
Scholar is a small computer cluster, suitable for classroom learning about high performance computing (HPC). It consists of 6 interactive login servers and 16 batch worker nodes.
It can be accessed as a typical cluster, with a job scheduler distributing batch jobs onto its worker nodes, or as an interactive resource, with software packages available through a desktop-like environment on its login servers.
If you have a class that you think will benefit from the use of Scholar, you can schedule it for your class through our Class Account Request page. You only need to register your class itself. All students who register for the class will automatically get login privileges to the Scholar cluster.
As a batch resource, the cluster has access to typical HPC software packages and tool chains; as an interactive resource, Scholar provides a Linux remote desktop, or a Jupyter notebook server, or an R Studio server. Jupyter and R Studio can be used by students without any reliance on Linux knowledge or experience.
Scholar Specifications¶
Scholar Front-Ends¶
| Front-Ends | Number of Nodes | Processors per Node | Cores per Node | Memory per Node | Retires In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No GPU | 3 | Two AMD EPYC 9634 ("Genoa") 84-Core Processors | 168 | 384 GB | 2029 |
| GPU | 3 | Two Intel Xeon Gold 6126 ("Skylake") 12-Core Processors with one NVIDIA Tesla V100 32GB GPU | 24 | 768 GB | 2027 |
Scholar Sub-Clusters¶
| Sub-Cluster | Number of Nodes | Processors per Node | Cores per Node | Memory per Node | Retires In |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A | 4 | Two AMD EPYC 7713 ("Milan") 64-Core Processors | 128 | 256 GB | 2027 |
| B | 3 | One AMD EPYC 7702P ("Rome") 64-Core Processor | 64 | 256 GB | 2026 |
| G | 4 | Two Intel Xeon Silver 4110 ("Skylake") 8-Core Processors with one NVIDIA Tesla V100 16GB GPU | 16 | 192 GB | 2027 |
| H | 2 | Two AMD EPYC 7543 3rd generation ("Milan") 32-Core Processors with two NVIDIA A30 24GB GPUs | 64 | 512 GB | 2027 |
| H-MIG | 2 | Two AMD EPYC 7543 3rd generation ("Milan") 32-Core Processors with eight 6GB Multi-Instance GPUs (MIGs) configured from two NVIDIA A30 24GB GPUs | 64 | 512 GB | 2027 |
| I-MIG | 1 | Two AMD EPYC 9554 ("Genoa") 64-Core Processors with four 6GB Multi-Instance GPUs (MIGs) configured from one NVIDIA A30 24GB GPU | 128 | 384 GB | 2029 |
| J | 4 | Two Intel Xeon Gold 6126 ("Skylake") 12-Core Processors with two NVIDIA A40 48GB GPUs | 24 | 192 GB | 2029 |
Faculty who would like to know more about Scholar, please read the Faculty Guide
Scholar Software Catalog¶
A list of available applications on Scholar can be found here.