General information
Throughput HPC
This facility typically has many cores, which can mix cost-effective and calculation-efficient units. Throughput HPC can handle large amounts of data and focus on high security.
Concerning calculations within health science, technical simulations, chemistry, physics and bioinformatics in a broad sense, there will often be requirements for HPC systems with a focus on high "throughput performance". The Throughput HPC facility is operated by a consortium consisting of AU, DTU and KU. The computer resources are provided by Computerome 2, which is jointly owned by DTU and KU, by GenomeDK at Aarhus University, and by Sophia, which DTU administrates.
Throughput HPC is already ready to receive the first users.
Specifications for the facilities. The description below summarizes the resources that each facility has made available for national use. Therefore, a plant may have other machines/services available, but these are not part of the national agreement.
GenomeDK
Hardware; AMD EPYC Rome 7452, 64 kerner i alt, 512 GB RAM, 2 TB SATA-disk
Netvork connection; 100 Gb/s Infiniband
Storage; Parallel (BeeGFS) file system, total capacity 11.5 PB, aggregated bandwidth 35 GB/s
Queue system; Slurm
Node sharing allowed; Yes
Backup; Possibility for off-site tape backup
Security; Two-factor authentication possible. Closed zone implementation is possible. ISO 27001-compliant.
Focus area; Bioinformatik, life sciences, data science
Recommended minimum core hours; 100.000
Quota enabling; Yes
User statistics; Yes via a command (updated daily)
Homepage; https://genome.au.dk/
Computerome2
Hardware; Xeon Gold 6230 Cascade Lake, 40 cores, 192 GB RAM, 1.9 TB SSD-disk
Netvork connection; 100 Gb/s Infiniband
Storage; 3-level storage, 160 GB/s, in total 8 PB
Queue system; Torque/Moab
Node sharing allowed; Yes
Backup; Possibility for disk backup
Security; Two-factor authentication. Secure Cloud can be provided. ISO 27001-compliant.
Focus area; Bioinformatik, life sciences, data science
Recommended minimum core hours; -
Quota enabling; No
User statistics; Yes via monthly mail
Homepage; https://www.computerome.dk/display/C2W/Computerome+2.0
Sophia
Hardware; AMD EPYC 7351, 32 cores in total, 128 GB RAM, 1 TB SATA-disk
Network connection; 100 Gb/s Infiniband
Storage; Distribueret CEPH file system, total capacity 1 PB, aggregated bandwidth 4 GB/s, BeeGFS-based burst buffer, 30 TB for high I/O.
Queue system; Slurm
Node sharing allowed; Yes
Backup; Possibility for off-site tape backup
Security; General UNIX and HPC security, not GDPR-compliant.
Focus area; Physics/Chemistry, simulations, optimizing
Recommended minimum core hours; -
Quota enabling; Not yet
User statistics; Not yet
Homepage; https://dtu-sophia.github.io/docs/
https://www.deic.dk/en/supercomputing/national-hpc-facilities