System Overview
You can monitor the current state of the cluster using:
https://www.cropdiversity.ac.uk/top - job/allocation based overview
https://ganglia.cropdiversity.ac.uk - detailed stats per node
Note
Everything listed below is connected together over a super-fast 100-gigabit fibre optic network.
Compute cluster
The tables below list the various batches of hardware the make up the current cluster, with each set of nodes named something ‘fun’ on a (geeky) thematic basis.
Year: 2024
Theme: Buffy the Vampire Slayer
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R6625 (12x) and R7625 (6x)
CPUs/GPUs: 4th-Gen AMD EPYC (Genoa) / Nvidia Lovelace
Capacity: 1,152 CPU cores (2,304 threads), 109,056 Cuda cores, and 3,408 Tensor cores
Name |
CPUs |
GPUs |
Memory |
Disk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
angel |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
2x L40S 48 GB |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
anya |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
2x L40S 48 GB |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
buffy |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
|
cordelia |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
|
darla |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
2x L40S 48 GB |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
dawn |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
|
doyle |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
|
drusilla |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
2x L40S 48 GB |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
faith |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
|
fred |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
|
giles |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
|
gunn |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
|
lorne |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
2x L40S 48 GB |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
spike |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
2x L40S 48 GB |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
tara |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
|
wesley |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
|
willow |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
|
xander |
2x 9334 @2.7Ghz 32C/64T |
384 GB |
1.9 TB (SSD) |
Year: 2023
Theme: Harry Potter
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R6525 (39x) and XE8545 (9x)
CPUs/GPUs: 3rd-Gen AMD EPYC (Milan) / Nvidia Ampere
Capacity: 2,496 CPU cores (4,992 threads), 248,832 Cuda cores, and 15,552 Tensor cores
Name |
CPUs |
GPUs |
Memory |
Disk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
aragog |
2x 7543 @2.8GHz 32C/64T |
4x A100 80 GB |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
black |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
buckbeak |
2x 7543 @2.8GHz 32C/64T |
4x A100 80 GB |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
carrow |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
chang |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
crabbe |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
crookshanks |
2x 7543 @2.8GHz 32C/64T |
4x A100 80 GB |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
delacour |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
diggory |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
dobby |
2x 7543 @2.8GHz 32C/64T |
4x A100 80 GB |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
dumbledore |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
dursley |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
fawkes |
2x 7543 @2.8GHz 32C/64T |
4x A100 80 GB |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
filch |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
flitwick |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
goyle |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
granger |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
greyback |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
grindelwald |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
gryffindor |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
hagrid |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
hedwig |
2x 7543 @2.8GHz 32C/64T |
4x A100 80 GB |
1.0 TB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
hufflepuff |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
karkaroff |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
krum |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
lestrange |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
lockhart |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
longbottom |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
lovegood |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
lupin |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
malfoy |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
mcgonagall |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
moody |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
nagini |
2x 7543 @2.8GHz 32C/64T |
4x A100 80 GB |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
ollivander |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
peeves |
2x 7543 @2.8GHz 32C/64T |
4x A100 80 GB |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
pettigrew |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
pigwidgeon |
2x 7543 @2.8GHz 32C/64T |
4x A100 80 GB |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
potter |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
2.0 TB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
quirrell |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
ravenclaw |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
slughorn |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
slytherin |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
snape |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
256 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
tonks |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
umbridge |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
512 GB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
voldemort |
2x 7543 @2.8GHz 32C/64T |
4.0 TB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
|
weasley |
2x 7543 @2.8Ghz 32C/64T |
2.0 TB |
1.7 TB (SSD) |
Year: 2021
Theme: Buck Rogers
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R7525 (2x)
CPUs/GPUs: 2nd-Gen AMD EPYC (Rome) / Nvidia Quadro
Capacity: 80 CPU cores (160 threads), 9,216 Cuda cores, and 1,152 Tensor cores
Name |
CPUs |
GPUs |
Memory |
Disk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
buck |
2x 7502 @2.5GHz 32C/64T |
2.0 TB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
twiki |
2x 7252 @3.1GHz 8C/16T |
2x RTX 8000 48GB |
256 GB |
900 GB (SSD) |
Year: 2019 (October)
Theme: Marvel Cinematic Universe
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge C6420 (48x) and R940xa (1x)
CPUs/GPUs: 2nd-Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Cascade Lake)
Capacity: 1,600 CPU cores (3,200 threads)
Name |
CPUs |
GPUs |
Memory |
Disk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
abomination |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
antman |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
blackpanther |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
blackwidow |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
captainamerica |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
captainmarvel |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
crossbones |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
doctorstrange |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
drax |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
ego |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
falcon |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
gamora |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
ghost |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
groot |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
hawkeye |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
heimdall |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
hela |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
hulk |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
ironman |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
kaeciliu |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
killmonger |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
loki |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
malekith |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
mandarin |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
mantis |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
mysterio |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
nebula |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
odin |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
quicksilver |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
redskull |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
rocket |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
ronan |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
scarletwitch |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
spiderman |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
starlord |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
taserface |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
thanos |
4x Gold 6242 @2.8Ghz 16C/32T |
3.0 TB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
thor |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
ultron |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
valkyrie |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
vision |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
vulture |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
warmachine |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
wasp |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
whiplash |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
wintersolider |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
wong |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
yellowjacket |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
yondu |
2x Silver 4216 @2.1Ghz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
Year: 2019 (March)
Theme: Bond Villians
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R640 (2x) and R740 (1x)
CPUs/GPUs: 1st-Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Skylake) / Nvidia Tesla
Capacity: 80 CPU cores (160 threads), 5,120 Cuda cores, and 640 Tensor cores
Name |
CPUs |
GPUs |
Memory |
Disk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
jaws |
2x Silver 4116 @2.1GHz 12C/24T |
2x V100 32GB |
192 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
oddjob |
2x Gold 6132 @2.6GHz 14C/28T |
384 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
|
nicknack |
2x Gold 6132 @2.6GHz 14C/28T |
384 GB |
1.3 TB (SSD) |
Year: 2017
Theme: Battlestar Galactica
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R630 (3x)
CPUs: Intel E5 v4 (Broadwell)
Capacity: 84 CPU cores (168 threads)
Name |
CPUs |
GPUs |
Memory |
Disk |
|---|---|---|---|---|
apollo |
2x E5-2680 v4 @2.4GHz 14C/24T |
1.5 TB |
370 GB (SSD) |
|
boomer |
2x E5-2680 v4 @2.4GHz 14C/24T |
256 GB |
370 GB (SSD) |
|
starbuck |
2x E5-2680 v4 @2.4GHz 14C/24T |
256 GB |
370 GB (SSD) |
Storage and backup
The BeeGFS storage array runs alongside the cluster, however the backup systems are located in another location for redundancy.
Year: 2019 (October)
Theme: Back to the Future / Discworld
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R740xa (4x), MD1400 (4x), R640 (1x), and ME484 (1x)
CPUs: 2nd-Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Cascade Lake)
Capacity: 1.7 PB (storage) and 1.0 PB (backup)
Name |
CPUs |
Memory |
Disk |
|---|---|---|---|
delorean |
2x Silver 4208 @2.1GHz 8C/16T |
32 GB |
1.0 PB (HDD) |
librarian |
2x Silver 4208 @2.1GHz 8C/16T |
192 GB |
3.8 TB (SSD) |
rincewind |
2x Silver 4210 @2.2GHz 10C/20T |
96 GB |
432 TB (HDD) |
twoflower |
2x Silver 4210 @2.GHz 10C/20T |
96 GB |
432 TB (HDD) |
death |
2x Silver 4210 @2.2GHz 10C/20T |
96 GB |
432 TB (HDD) |
luggage |
2x Silver 4210 @2.GHz 10C/20T |
96 GB |
432 TB (HDD) |
Year: 2023
Theme: Destiny / Back to the Future
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R7525 (5x), ME5084 (5x), and ME5024 (1x)
CPUs: 3rd-Gen AMD EPYC (Milan)
Capacity: 5.2 PB (storage) and 1.3 PB (backup)
Name |
CPUs |
Memory |
Disk |
|---|---|---|---|
cayde |
2x 7313 @3.0GHz 16C/32T |
256 GB |
46 TB (SSD) |
docbrown |
2x 7313 @3.0GHz 16C/32T |
256 GB |
1.3 PB (HDD) |
ikora |
2x 7313 @3.0GHz 16C/32T |
256 GB |
46 TB (SSD) |
shaxx |
2x 7313 @3.0GHz 16C/32T |
256 GB |
2.6 PB (HDD) |
zavala |
2x 7313 @3.0GHz 16C/32T |
256 GB |
2.6 PB (HDD) |
Year: 2024
Theme: —
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R7525 (3x), ME5084 (4x)
CPUs: 3rd-Gen AMD EPYC (Milan)
Capacity: 3.2 PB (storage) and 2.6 PB (backup)
Name |
CPUs |
Memory |
Disk |
|---|---|---|---|
— |
2x 9124 @3.0GHz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.6 PB (HDD) |
— |
2x 9124 @3.0GHz 16C/32T |
192 GB |
1.6 PB (HDD) |
— |
2x 7313 @3.0GHz 16C/32T |
256 GB |
2.6 PB (HDD) |
Virtual infrastructure
The rest of the infrastructure runs on VMWare ESXi hosts, with various virtual machines (VMs) for handling web servers and applications, databases, domain control, monitoring, remote access, etc. Although they have a small amount of local disk, the VMs primarily use a separate Storage Area Network (SAN) with 30 TB of capacity.
Year: 2019 (October) and 2023
Hardware: Dell PowerEdge R640 (2x), R7525 (2x), and ME5024 (1x)
CPUs: 2nd-Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Cascade Lake) and 3rd-Gen AMD EPYC (Milan)
Name |
CPUs |
Memory |
Disk |
|---|---|---|---|
hpcvmh01 |
2x Gold 6242 @2.8G 16C/32T |
384 GB |
240 GB (SSD) |
hpcvmh02 |
2x Gold 6242 @2.8G 16C/32T |
384 GB |
240 GB (SSD) |
hpcvmh03 |
2x 7543 @2.8G 16C/32T |
512 GB |
480 GB (SSD) |
hpcvmh04 |
2x 7543 @2.8G 16C/32T |
512 GB |
480 GB (SSD) |