The Xanadu cluster is accessible for all affiliates of UConn for research. To request an account on the cluster, please contact us. If you are planning a project with the CBC (or the CGI) and need to include a description of the computational resources, please use this text.
Research HPC - Xanadu Cluster (xanadu-submit-ext.cam.uchc.edu)
Node Configuration:
- 2188 CPU cores with 8+ TB RAM
- 7,000 GPU cores with large CPU-only and hybrid compute clusters
Virtualization Infrastructure:
- 728 CPU cores, 5+ TB RAM VMWare server and desktop virtualization hosts hosting 300+ Windows/Linux virtual machines with SSD high OPS performance cache tier
Datacenter Infrastructure:
- UPS generator backed power with redundant cooling
- 3x40 Gbe dark fiber connection to off-site DR location
Network (100+ Gbe):
- Full non-oversubscribed 10/40 GbE datacenter network core layer
- BioScienceCT Research Network – 100 GbE to CEN, Internet2, Storrs
- New HPC Science DMZ – low latency, 80 Gb-capable firewall
Storage (5+ PB):
- 5.0+ PB of storage including 1.2 PB EMC2 Isilon, 600 TB Qumulo QC24/QC208 scale-out clusters along with 3.8 PB Amplistor geo-spread cloud storage