HPC clusters#
| Cluster name | # nodes | target applications | access | specifics |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alex | 82 | high-end GPGPU | NHR, Tier3 after application | 304 Nvidia A100 (40/80GB), 352 Nvidia A40 |
| Fritz | 992 | massively parallel, large memory | NHR, Tier3 after application | parallel filesystem, 64 huge-memory nodes (1TB, 2TB RAM) |
| TinyGPU | 35 | GPU | Tier3 | Nvidia A100, Nvidia RTX3080, Nvidia RTX2080 Ti, Nvidia V100 |
| TinyFat | 47 | large memory | Tier3 | 256 - 512 GB RAM |
| Woody | 288 | serial throughput | Tier3 | CPUs with high clock speed |
| Testcluster | ~20 | evaluation of new microarchitectures | request access via hpc-support@fau.de | current Intel/AMD CPUs, AMD/Nvidia GPGPUs, accelerators, early-access prototypes |
Financing#
Tier3 systems/parts are financed by FAU or as DFG Forschungsgroßgerät while NHR systems/parts are funded by federal and state authorities (BMBF and Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts), respectively.