New Pilot HPC (High Performance Computing) Platform Rolls out in May
To strengthen the support for University research activities, a new pilot HPC platform with enhanced hardware and software will be launched in early May to replace the existing one which has been in service for 2 years.
Major Enhancements
For hardware, two types of server, 24-CPU-core server and 36-CPU server, will be added to the new cluster. As for software, the applications available in the new pilot platform and their version are listed below:
|
Current Platform |
New Platform |
|
| Operating System | ||
| Centos OS | 6.9 | 7.6 |
| Applications | ||
| GCC | 4.4.7 & 5.3.0 | 5.5.0 |
| MPICH | 3.2 | 3.2.1 |
| OpenFOAM | 1606+ | 1812 |
| OpenMPI | 2.0.1 | 3.0.3 |
| Perl(Anaconda) | 5.24.0 | 5.26.2 |
| Python(Anaconda) | 2.7.12 & 3.5.2 | 3.7.3 |
| R (Anaconda) | 3.2.3 | 3.5.1 |
| Anaconda | n/a | 2019.03 |
| FSL | n/a | 6.0.1 |
| PGI (Community Edition) | n/a |
18.10 |
| Singularity | n/a | 2.6.1 |
Roll out Schedule
| Date | Activities |
| Early May 2019 |
Launch of new pilot HPC platform and new platform opens for application. |
| Early May to 30 Aug 2019 |
Migrate part of the computing resources of the existing platform to the new platform and minor service interruption may be caused. |
| 1 Sep 2019 |
Shut down of existing pilot HPC platform. |
To facilitate a smooth transition, the existing platform will be in parallel run with the new platform until 31 August 2019. Users of the existing platform will be contacted individually for data migration arrangements.
