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Helvetios#

Helvetios Cluster

Academic Cluster

This cluster is for Master students and courses. For pay-per-use accounts, you can check Jed.

Useful info#

Connecting to the clusters#

To connect to the cluster you should:

ssh <username>@helvetios.hpc.epfl.ch

Here's the list of current fingerprints you should expect when connecting to this cluster:

ECDSA
    MD5:41:1b:8f:e5:2d:f2:17:f9:16:4f:41:ce:29:b4:7f:f0
    SHA256:j0rsCt0HglJl3a9fQkpl+rSLfKCcY9oKgA7AGqkr36o
ED25519
    MD5:f1:f9:dc:f3:e6:29:b2:e0:2b:cc:42:76:0f:63:98:97
    SHA256:fKaxjyBL31xRHqIU0/gmti2aYHQa3Ons0mNxMGh/mo8
RSA
    MD5:f9:4e:85:2a:9e:bf:f9:9f:77:3b:ff:a6:a9:97:87:97
    SHA256:z5tFjITbGyLpnK0T1bEkXHtWEyBxF/kUHGp5YT73R7c

QOS#

The standard QOS are:

  • serial for jobs using up to 1 node (36 cores), with a time limit of 3 days. This is the default;
  • parallel for jobs using up to 32 nodes, with a time limit of 15 days;
  • free for jobs using up to 1 node, with a time limit of 6 hours;
  • debug for testing you job with up 8 cores, with a time limit of 2 hours and with a high priority.

Choose one with -q <qos> or --qos <qos>.

Partitions#

There is only one partition on Helvetios (standard). There is no need to define it, since it's the default.

Hardware characteristics#

This cluster has the following configuration:

Type Count Model CPU Memory Storage Naming
Frontend 1 HPE ProLiant XL230k Gen10 (U37) Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30 GHz 192 GB 800 GB (NVMe) helvetios2
Compute node 288 HPE ProLiant XL230k Gen10 (U37) Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6140 CPU @ 2.30 GHz 192 GB 800 GB (NVMe) h[001-288]
Admin server 1 HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 (U32) Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5115 CPU @ 2.40 GHz 192 GB 800 GB (SCSI) hadmin2
Proxy server 1 HPE ProLiant DL360 Gen10 (U32) Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5115 CPU @ 2.40 GHz 192 GB 800 GB (SCSI) scitas-internal-hsmartproxy
Gateway server 2 HPE ProLiant DL380 Gen10 (U30) Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5115 CPU @ 2.40 GHz 192 GB 300 GB (SCSI) hgw[1,2]

Compute nodes#

Helvetios Compute nodes

Admin servers#

Helvetios Admin servers