Uppmax basics - SNIC & Uppmax systems

SNIC HPC Clusters

• UPPMAX:

  • Rackham Links to an external site. - General computational resource focused towards Life Science Links to an external site.

  • Bianca Links to an external site. - SNIC SENS, resource dedicated to research on sensitive data Links to an external site.

• PDC, KTH:

  • Dardel Links to an external site. - General computational resource Links to an external site.

• NSC, Linköping:

  • Tetralith Links to an external site. - General computational resource

• HPC2N, Umeå:

  • Kebnekaise Links to an external site. - General computational resource Links to an external site.

• C3SE, Chalmers:

  • Alvis Links to an external site. - Accelerator-based resource dedicated to research using AI techniques Links to an external site.

• LUMI, Finland Links to an external site.
  • LUMI Links to an external site.- General computational resource, aimed at larger projects in Sweden

Locally financed systems for local users

• UPPMAX
  • Snowy - GPU:s and long runs
    
  • Irma --> Miarka - computational resource dedicated for NGI
• NSC, Linköping
  • BerzeLiUs - for AI and machine learning
    
• LUNARC, Lund
  • Aurora

SNIC Science Cloud (SSC)

• SNIC Science Cloud is currently a pilot project and not a production resource.
• Not meant to be a replacement for HPC clusters
• Complement, offering "advanced functionality" to users who:
  • need more flexible access to resources
    • e.g. more control over the OS:s and software environments
  • want to develop software as a service
  • want to explore recent technology such as for
    • IoT applications 
    • “Big Data” e.g. Apache Hadoop/Spark

• Is SSC for you? Links to an external site.

• The UPPMAX cloud Dis (Swedish word for "haze")  was introduced in October 2017 and upgraded during 2020.

  • East region in the SNIC Science Cloud

  • https://www.uppmax.uu.se/resources/systems/the-uppmax-cloud/ Links to an external site.
• Other clouds
  

  • Umeå University (North, HPC2N)

  • Chalmers University (West, C3SE).

STORAGE

SNIC Storage: Swestore

• The purpose of Swestore allocations, granted by Swedish National Allocations Committee (SNAC), is to provide large scale data storage for “live” or “working” research data, also known as active research data.
• https://www.snic.se/resources/swestore/ Links to an external site.

UPPMAX storage

Active storage

• https://www.uppmax.uu.se/support/getting-started/applying-for-storage/ Links to an external site.
• ​If you need less than 128 GB:
  • you don't need a storage project! Just use your compute project's storage. 
• ​If you need less than 10 TB:
  • you need a Small storage project.
• ​If you need less than 100 TB:
  • you need a Medium storage project.
• ​If you need more than 100 TB:
  • you need a Large storage project (call for proposals open 2x per year, contact UPPMAX support for more information).

Off-load/"cold" storage

• for data which is not accessed or changed frequently, but which still has to be kept available on our clusters.
• More info Links to an external site.

UPPMAX storage system names

• Rackham storage: Crex & Domus (home)
• Bianca storage: Castor & Cygnus (home)
• NGI production systems (Irma/Miarka): Lupus/Vulpes
• NGI delivery server: Grus
• Off-load storage: Lutra
• More info Links to an external site.