vForge is a high-throughput batch computing cluster built on NCSA’s Radiant cloud computing environment and Taiga center-wide storage system. Designed as a starting point for NCSA’s industry partners, vForge provides an advanced computing environment with a rich set of pre-installed applications covering modeling and simulation, genomics and data analytics. To improve user productivity, vForge provides web-based portal access that simplifies running interactive applications such as Jupyter Notebooks.
Primary use cases:
- Modeling and simulation
- Computational fluid dynamics
- Finite element codes to solve complex engineering problems
- Computational genomics
- Data analytics
- Geographical information systems (GIS) to capture, store, analyze and display geographic data
- AI
Technical Specifications:
- 8-compute nodes, each with 24-cores/48-threads and 192GB of RAM
- 1 GPU node consisting of 1 A100-SXM4-80GB GPU, 12-core/24-threads, and 250GB of RAM
- vForge can be dynamically scaled to meet changing workloads.
Compute Charges
vForge is charged based on the use of the compute nodes through the Slurm batch scheduler. Nodes are dedicated during job execution and charged by the node-hour. Billing will occur monthly for the prior month’s usage.
Node Type and Rate
- Compute Node: 24-cores/48-threads and 192GB of RAM
- Rate: $4.31 / node / hr
- Rate: $4.31 / node / hr
- GPU Node: 1 A100-SXM4-80GB GPU with 12-core/24-threads, and 250GB of RAM
- Rate: $4.33 / node / hr
Storage Charges
Industry Partners are provided 50TB of Taiga storage for project space. Project space is usable across all NCSA systems. Additional project storage can be purchased on an as-needed basis for $50.77 / TB / year.
vForge also provides 10GB of local home space per user at no additional charge.
Consultation and Development Services
NCSA’s Industry Program provides basic consulting for system usage and access for all partners. NCSA can also provide software development, analytics and computation expertise for a fee that covers staff time and materials. We provide dedicated, high-performance computing clusters tailored to each partner’s unique needs. These private systems are fully managed by NCSA and housed in our state-of-the-art data center, ensuring enterprise-level reliability, security and performance. These can be easily replicated to provide a custom vForge-like system or dedicated computational resource for partners looking for more control of a computing environment.
Contact the Industry Program to discuss additional project needs.