Blanca Condo Cluster
Instrument / Service Type:
Supercomputer condo cluster
Instrument Description:
The RC Condo Computing service offers researchers theopportunity to purchase and own compute nodes that will be operated as partof a cluster, named “Blanca.” The aggregate cluster is made available toall condo partners while maintaining priority for the owner of each node.Benefits to partners includeData center rack space – including redundantpower and cooling – and scratch disk space. Partners get significantlyprioritized access on nodes that they own, and can run jobs on any nodes thatare not currently in use by other partners. RC staff provides systemconfiguration and administration, as well as technical support for users. Astandard software stack appropriate for a range of research needs. Partnersare able to install additional software applications as needed. Bulk discountpricing is available for all compute node purchases.
Instrument Website URL:
Primary Contact:
RC Help Desk
Instrument Home Department / Institute:
Research Computing
Instrument Location:
Data Center
Instrument Availability to Campus Users:
Yes, open to all university users
Instrument Availability to External Academic and National Lab Users:
No, not available to academic and national lab users