Helix/Hardware

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System Architecture

The bwForCluster Helix is a high performance supercomputer with high speed interconnect. Is composed of login nodes, compute nodes and parallel storage systems connected by fast data networks. It is connected to the Internet via Baden Württemberg's extended LAN BelWü.

Operating System and Software

  • Operating system: RedHat
  • Queuing system: Slurm
  • Access to application software: Environment Modules

Compute Nodes

AMD Nodes

Common features of all AMD nodes:

  • Processors: 2 x AMD Milan EPYC 7513
  • Processor Frequency: 2.6 GHz
  • Number of Cores per Node: 64
  • Local disk: None
CPU Nodes GPU Nodes
Node Type cpu fat gpu4 gpu8
Quantity 248 12 29 26 2
Installed Working Memory (GB) 256 2048 256 256 2048
Available Memory for Jobs (GB) 248 2010 248 248 2010
Interconnect 1x HDR100 1x HDR100 2x HDR100 2x HDR200 4x HDR200
Coprocessors - - 4x Nvidia A40 (48 GB) 4x Nvidia A100 (40 GB) 8x Nvidia A100 (80 GB)
Number of GPUs - - 4 4 8
GPU Type - - A40 A100 A100

Intel Nodes

Some Intel nodes (Skylake and Cascade Lake) from the predecessor system will be integrated. Details will follow.