LTS Adds High Performance Computing Capacity, Rental Option

Library and Technology Services recently added five new systems to its High Performance Computing (HPC) infrastructure that will give users significantly more computing power.

These particular additions were recommended by the LTS High Performance Computing Advisory Committee headed by Professor Brian Davison. The systems are in operation and documentation is available on the HPC web pages at www.lehigh.edu/computing/hpc. 

The new systems include 1 - Dell 16 Core compute server, 3 - Sun 8 core compute servers and 1- SUN 20 Terabyte storage server. They are allocated to users who have HPC Service Level II Enhanced accounts. The fee for obtaining a Level II Enhanced account is $300 annually; an account can be obtained by using a request form posted at the HPC website listed above.

For more assistance regarding these new systems or utilizing High Performance Computing at Lehigh, please contact Brandon Leeds at byl405@lehigh.edu or Gale Fritsche at gdf2@lehigh.edu.

At the same time the HPC Computing Committee has developed a new rental option so that researchers can rent resources for limited periods of time in order to complete a particular job.

This option is part of a Library and Technology Services’ commitment to creating a sustainable maintenance and life cycle model while addressing the needs of faculty involved in intensive levels of computing as part of their research. The rental policies and rates are also listed on the HPC website.

--Susan A. Cady
  LTS Director for Administrative and Planning Services

Article posted August 27, 2009

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