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| ==== Funding Policy ==== | ==== Funding Policy ==== |
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| After an 8 year run of the HPCC, and a drying up of grant opportunities at NSF, it was decided to explore self-funding so the HPCC effort could continue without external dependence on funds. A report was made of the HPCC progress including topics such as Publications, Citations, Honors Theses, Growth in Jobs Submitted, Pattern of Pending Jobs, and General Inventory. The report summary can be viewed at this page [[cluster:130| Provost Report ]]. This report was discussed between Provost and HPC Advisory Group. | After an 8 year run of the HPCC, and a drying up of grant opportunities at NSF, it was decided to explore self-funding so the HPCC effort could continue without external dependencies on funds. A report was compiled of the HPCC progress including topics such as Publications, Citations, Honors Theses, Growth in Jobs Submitted, Pattern of Pending Jobs, and a General Inventory. The report summary can be viewed at this page [[cluster:130| Provost Report ]]. This report was discussed at a meeting between Provost, Associate Provost, Director of Finances and HPCC Advisory Group. |
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| Several months later a pattern emerged. The Provost would annually contribute $25K if the HPC user base raised $15K annually. That would amount to $160K in 4 years enough for a hardware refresh or new hardware acquisition. Finances also contributed $10K for maintenance such as failed disks, network switches, etc, but these funds do not "roll over". Use it or loose it. All funds start July 1st. | Several months later a pattern emerged. The Provost would annually contribute $25K **//if//** the HPCC user base raised $15K annually in contributions. These funds would "roll over". That would amount to $160K in 4 years, enough for a hardware refresh or new hardware acquisition. Finances also contributed $10K annually for maintenance such as failed disks, network switches, etc ... but these funds do not "roll over". Use it or loose it. All fund cycles restart July 1st. |
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| In order for the HPC user base to raise $15K annually, CPU and GPU hourly usage was deployed. A dictionary is maintained listing PIs and their members (students majors, lab students, grads, phd candidates, collaborators, etc). Each PI then quarterly contributes to the user fund based on a scheme yieldingq $15K annually. | In order for the HPCC user base to raise $15K annually, CPU and GPU hourly usage monitoring was deployed (using Openlava ''lsacct'' accounting). A dictionary is maintained listing PIs with their associated members (student majors, lab students, grads, phd candidates, collaborators, etc). Each PI then quarterly contributes to the user fund based on a scheme supposedly yielding $15K annually. |
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| Here is 2019's queue usage [[cluster:188|2019 Queue Usage]] and 2019 contribution scheme. | Here is queue usage for 2019 [[cluster:188|2019 Queue Usage]] and below is listed the 2019 contribution scheme. |
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| Contribution Scheme for 01 July 2019 onwards\\ | Contribution Scheme for 01 July 2019 onwards\\ |
| A gpu hour of usage is 3x the cpu hourly rate.\\ | A gpu hour of usage is 3x the cpu hourly rate.\\ |
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| We currently have about 1,450 physical cpu cores, 60 gpus, 520 gb of gpu memory and 8,560 gb cpu memory provided by about 120 compute nodes and login nodes. Scratch spaces are provide local to compute nodes (2-5 tb) or over the network via NFS (55 tb). Home directories are under quota (10 tb) but these will disappear in the future with the TrueNAS/ZFS appliance (190 tb, 475 tb effective assuming a compression rate of 2.5x). a guide can be found here [[cluster:126|Brief Guide to HPCC]] and the software is located here [[cluster:73|Software Page]] | We currently have about 1,450 physical cpu cores (all Xeon), 60 gpus (K20, GTX2018Ti, RTX2080S), 520 gb of gpu memory and 8,560 gb of cpu memory. Provided by about 120 compute nodes and login nodes. Scratch spaces are provided local to compute nodes (2-5 tb) or over the network via NFS (55 tb), consult [[cluster:142|Scratch Spaces]]. Home directories are under quota (10 tb) but these will disappear in the future with the TrueNAS/ZFS appliance (190 tb, 475 tb effective assuming a compression rate of 2.5x, consult [[cluster:186|Home Dir Server]]). A HPCC guide can be found here [[cluster:126|Brief Guide to HPCC]] and the (endless!) software list is located here [[cluster:73|Software Page]] |
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