ECE Community Compute Clusters

The ECE Department maintains compute resource for its graduate students and research groups.

Connection methods

Method

Description

Recommended client software

Method

Description

Recommended client software

SFTP/SCP (via SSH)

Secure File Transfer Protocol (SSH subsystem)

Used for file transfers

SSH

Secure Shell command interface

X-Session

X-Server graphical client

StarNet FastX

Advanced X-Server graphical client, allows reconnections.

File Transfer Nodes

fileexchange.cit.cmu.edu is for legacy ECE AFS accounts. See authentication for more information.

System Group

Access Methods

fileexchange.cit.cmu.edu legacy ECE accounts only

ssh (sftp/scp)

linux.ece.cmu.edu

ssh (sftp/scp)

ECE Community Cluster Specifications (ECE NUMBER Cluster)

All fully qualified host domains are “ece.local.cmu.edu” unless specified otherwise

A connection to the CMU VPN is required.

All systems accept CMU Andrew authentication accounts.

System Group

Access Methods

GPU

Cores

Memory (GB)

Scratch Storage (TB)

ece000-ece005.ece.local.cmu.edu

ssh

NVidia Tesla T4

12

64

1

ece006-ece013.ece.local.cmu.edu

ssh

NVidia Tesla T4

12

128

1

ece014-ece016.ece.local.cmu.edu

ssh

NVidia Tesla T4

16

256

1

ece017-ece028.ece.local.cmu.edu

ssh

NVidia Tesla T4

16

128

1

ece029-ece031.ece.local.cmu.edu

ssh

NVidia Tesla T4

16

256

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

ece-gui-000->ece-gui-007.ece.local.cmu.edu

ssh, fastx

NA

12

48

0.146

HT Condor

Visit the HT Condor usage page for more information

System Group

ComputerQuantity

Access Methods

Make/Model

Processor

GPU

Total Cores

Memory (GB)

Scratch Storage (TB)

condor.ece.cmu.edu

25-50

condor

various

various

various

NA

NA

NA

 

Data Science Cloud (DSC)

System Group

Access Methods

Processor

GPU

Total Cores

Memory (GB)

Scratch Storage (TB)

dsc-01.ece.local.cmu.edu

ssh, fastx

 

 

4 x Intel Xeon Processor E7-8870 v3 2.1GHz

NA

72

3,072

14

dsc-02.ece.local.cmu.edu

ssh, fastx

2x Intel® Xeon® Processor E5-2698 v3 2.3GHz

2 x NVIDIA Tesla K40M

36

768

1.8