Center for Scientific Computing (CSC)
Point of contact: Paul Weakliem
Website: https://csc.cnsi.ucsb.edu
High Performance Computing (HPC) Resources:
- Free cluster options:
- Pod: most power full option providing a mixture of 40-core CPU nodes and 15 quad NVIDIA GPU
- Knot: older option, good for jobs that exceed your local desktop computer, but don't need the full performance of Pod
- Buy-in options, aka “Condo Cluster”:
- You can buy nodes from the cluster (CSC takes care of all the rest of the infrastructure.
- Default configuration: dual CPU compute node with two 24 core Intel-based CPUs with 256GB of RAM. Further options available on-demand, including GPU nodes.
- Flat cost (+ additional installation cost depending on setup request): ~ $9k
General Research IT (GRIT)
Point of contact: Michael Colee
Website: https://grit.ucsb.edu
High Performance Computing (HPC) Resources:
- Several systems available with both CPU and GPU nodes available
- Contact GRIT team to become a partner