Campus Research Computing Resources Matrix
| Illinois Campus Cluster | Delta | Nightingale | Radiant | HOLL-I | HAL | Innovative Systems Lab | HT Condor Pilot | ACCESS | AWS | AZURE | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TYPE OF RESOURCE | High-Performance Computing | High-Performance Computing | Secure High-Performance Computing | High-Performance Computing | AI High-Performance Computing | High-Performance AI/GPU Computing | EXPERIMENTAL | High-Throughput Computing | Varied Research Computation Services | Varied | Varied |
| WEBSITE | Campus Cluster | Delta | NCSA | Nightingale | NCSA | Radiant | NCSA | HOLL-I | NCSA | HAL Cluster | NCSA Wiki | Innovative Systems Lab | HTC Wiki | ACCESS | AWS at Illinois | Azure at Illinois |
| CONTACT INFO | help@campuscluster.illinois.edu | help@ncsa.illinois.edu | kindr@ncsa.illinois.edu | lapine@illinois.edu | htc-help@illinois.edu | ACCESS Support Page | aws-support@illinois.edu | azure-support@illinois.edu | |||
| COST OF USE | Varies by selected investment option. Engineering users can use a college-level investment at no cost. |
FREE (with approved allocation) | Fees and Services | Rates | HOLL-I | NCSA | FREE (with approved allocation) | FREE (with approved allocation) | FREE | FREE (with approved allocation) | Varies by selected options | Varies by selected options |
| HARDWARE | ICCP Node Information | System Architecture | System Architecture | Technical Specifications | HOLL-I | NCSA | HAL Cluster | ISL Information | Retired Campus Cluster Nodes (various configurations) | Varies by resource | N/A | N/A |
| PRIMARY USE CASES | The Illinois Campus Cluster provides access to computing and data storage resources and frees you from the hassle of administering your own compute cluster. | Delta is a GPU based compute platform for Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Simulation, and Data Science | Nightingale is a high-performance compute cluster with storage for researchers to interact with protected data and perform analysis. (HIPAA, ePHI, CUI, FERPA approved) | Radiant provides researchers a flexible, elastic, and scalable computing solution, using cloud-like virtualization, while remaining on-site at NCSA. | HOLL-I (Highly Optimized Logical Learning Instrument) is a new service at NCSA that offers public access to an extreme scale machine-learning capability through a Cerebras CS-2 WSE. | The Hardware-Accelerated Learning (HAL) cluster was designed to speed up deep learning research. It integrates the most recent advances in computing, storage and interconnectivity technologies to create a purpose-built shared-use system. | Cutting-edge computing environments for experimentation and evaluation | Jobs that are more ideally suited to a High Throughput (loosely coupled) environment | The available resources in ACCESS have different uses, a list of resources and subsequent information can be found here. | A variety of use cases can be found here | A variety of use cases can be found here |
| HOW TO GET STARTED | Engineering users can take advantage of a college-level investment at no cost. Email engrit-help@illinois.edu | Allocations managed through ACCESS | Accessing the System | Requesting Resources or Starting a project | help@ncsa.illinois.edu - Email requesting for access to HOLL-I | New User Guide for HAL System | Contact Vlad Kindratenko |
Request Access | ACCESS Allocations: Get started | Request an AWS Account | Request an Azure Account |
| USER GUIDES / ONLINE SUPPORT | Campus Cluster User Guide | Delta User Guide | Nightingale User Guide | User Documentation Directory | User Documentation (Requires HOLL-I account/access) |
HAL cluster | Experimental systems, so very little support available | Minimal on-campus support, but user community has a wealth of information. | ACCESS Knowledge Base | Getting started with AWS | Azure Tutorials from Microsoft |
| SOFTWARE PACKAGES | a variety of core software and libraries available Complete List Here | Software | Software | Openstack Components |
CSoft 1.5 for CS-2 WSE (more information in User Documentation) |
Software for HAL |
Several technologies including test openstack, gpu, Kubernetes, etc |
HT Condor pilot shares many software packages with the Engineering Linux Environment | Varies by resource, a list and subsequent info on resource providers can be found here. | AWS Products (external site) | Azure Products (external site) |
| DATA STORAGE OPTIONS | 7GB Quota (additional storage available for purchase) | File Systems | Fees and Services: Storage | Rates | 1TB per project on TAIGA as part of access, additional storage available at standard TAIGA rates. Access to any existing TAIGA storage | N/A | Varies on project scope usually 1-2TB per project | 10GB initial quota | Varies by resource | Scalable to the project via EC2 and other AWS offerings | Scalable to the project |