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More Than Supercomputers
Illinois Computes currently has a number of CPU and GPU compute options, supporting both batch and interactive use. There is also a virtual machine (VM) option and a Jupyter Notebooks service. These compute resources are integrated with two storage options that Illinois Computes provides access to. One storage solution is for actively used data and the other is for longer-term retention of data.
Illinois Computes is continuously working to determine what other types of resources are needed to support the entire research community. Let us know what you need if you don’t see it listed.
Submit a request and select “Computing” or “Storage” from the list of options.
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Supporting a Broad Range of Research Needs
Including But Not Limited To:
AI & Machine Learning
Modeling & Simulations
Data Science
Secure Computing
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If you know what your research goals are but aren’t certain what resources you need to achieve them, we have staff available to help you. You don’t need to be an expert in computing technology to make a request or to get access!
Schedule a meeting with our support staff, who are ready to match your needs with available resources.
CPU-Based Computation Resources
Illinois Campus Cluster
Traditional batch-system HPC resource
Illinois HTC System
High-Throughput Computing service
Hydro
Batch system, focused on national security & preparedness research
Nightingale
Batch and interactive usage, supporting research with sensitive and regulated data
GPU-Based Computation Resources
DeltaAI-IC
A dedicated Illinois Computes addition to NCSA's new DeltaAI cluster, purpose-built to support AI and machine learning research
CPU-Focused Systems with limited GPU nodes available:
Illinois Campus Cluster
Traditional batch-system HPC resource
Hydro
Batch system, focused on national security & preparedness research
Nightingale
Batch and interactive usage, supporting research with sensitive and regulated data
Additional Computation Resources
Illinois Computes Research Notebooks (ICRN)
Provides Jupyter Notebooks, a web-based interactive computing platform
Radiant
A local cloud-like environment that provides VMs to researchers
Legacy Computation Resources
HAL
Legacy system with POWER9 CPUs and nVidia V100 GPUs. Primarily maintained for existing users.
Storage Resources
Illinois Computes provides access to two closely integrated storage systems created and managed by NCSA.
Granite
A tape archive for long-term dataset storage (capacity: 40+PB)
Taiga
A global file system integrated with non-HIPAA environments (capacity: 19PB)
Illinois Computes also provides access to storage resources connected to some of its computation resources.
Illinois Campus Cluster
Local filesystem intended for use only with Illinois Campus Cluster
Hydro
Local file system intended for use only with Hydro
Nightingale
Local file system intended for use only with Nightingale
Radiant
Flash storage for low-latency / random-access workloads. Bulk for streaming IO workloads
Documentation
Use the following links to access detailed information and documentation about these different resources.