NAISS

Objectives

  • Let’s step up and have an overview of NAISS

NAISS HPC Clusters

https://www.snic.se/resources/compute-resources/

  • Mostly Intel-based CPU:s and Nvidia GPU:s

  • UPPMAX:

    • Rackham - General computational resource and also focused towards Life Science

    • Bianca - NAISS-SENS, resource dedicated to research on sensitive data

  • PDC (KTH):

    • Dardel - General computational resource

    • Not intel/Nvidia but Cray/AMD CPU:s and GPU:s

  • NSC, Linköping:

    • Tetralith - General computational resource

  • C3SE, Chalmers:

    • Alvis - Accelerator-based resource dedicated to research using AI techniques AND the international

  • LUMI, Finland

    • LUMI - General computational resource, aimed at larger projects in Sweden

    • Not intel/Nvidia but Cray/AMD CPU:s and GPU:s

Locally financed systems for local users

  • UPPMAX

    • Snowy - GPU:s and long runs

  • LUNARC, Lund

    • Aurora

  • C3SE, Chalmers

    • Vera

  • NSC, Linköping:

    • BerzeLiUs - for AI and machine learning

  • HPC2N, Umeå:

    • Kebnekaise - General computational resource

Swedish Science Cloud (SSC)

  • 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

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

  • Other clouds

    • Umeå University (North, HPC2N).

    • Chalmers University (West, C3SE).

STORAGE

SNIC Storage: Swestore

The projects

  • No cost to researchers all over Sweden.

  • 3 different levels regarding storage and core hours per month

https://uppmax.uu.se/support/getting-started/applying-for-projects/

Compute at UPPMAX

  • Small: 2000 cpu-hrs/month and 128 GB of storage.

    • Can be increased to 10,000 hrs

    • PI: PhD student or higher.

  • Medium: 10,000-200,000 cpu-hs/month

    • PI: Assistant professor (forskarassistent) or higher.

  • Large 100,000 cpu-hs/month

    • PI: Assistant professor (forskarassistent) or higher.

Storage at UPPMAX

  • Small: 128 GB-10 TB of storage.

    • Can be increased to 10,000 hrs

    • PI: PhD student or higher.

  • Medium: 10-100 TB

    • PI: Assistant professor (forskarassistent) or higher.

  • Large: More than 100 TB

    • PI: Assistant professor (forskarassistent) or higher.

Application rounds

https://www.naiss.se//#application-rounds-for-compute-and-storage-resources

NAISS training

https://www.snic.se/support/snic-training/