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