Blanca Condo Cluster

Instrument / Service Type:

Supercomputer condo cluster

Instrument Description:

The RC Condo Computing service offers researchers theopportunity to purchase and own compute nodes that will be operated as partof a cluster, named “Blanca.” The aggregate cluster is made available toall condo partners while maintaining priority for the owner of each node.Benefits to partners includeData center rack space – including redundantpower and cooling – and scratch disk space. Partners get significantlyprioritized access on nodes that they own, and can run jobs on any nodes thatare not currently in use by other partners. RC staff provides systemconfiguration and administration, as well as technical support for users. Astandard software stack appropriate for a range of research needs. Partnersare able to install additional software applications as needed. Bulk discountpricing is available for all compute node purchases.

Instrument Website URL:

/rc/resources/blanca

Primary Contact:

RC Help Desk

rc-help@colorado.edu

Instrument Home Department / Institute:

Research Computing

Instrument Location:

Data Center

Instrument Availability to Campus Users:

Yes, open to all university users

Instrument Availability to External Academic and National Lab Users:

No, not available to academic and national lab users