Nightingale is a high-performance compute cluster for sensitive data that offers researchers a secure system for data storage and powerful computation. The system complies with standards such as HIPAA and CUI to keep personal health information and sensitive government data safe and private.
Primary use cases:
- Working with Protected Health Information (PHI).
- Data requiring similar levels of security, regardless of domain.
- With the onset of Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), Nightingale meets the self-assessed NIST 800-171 standards required by many government agencies for data storage and research.
Technical Specifications:
- Globus High Assurance data transfer capability
- 4 interactive compute/login nodes with dual 64-core AMDs and 512 GB of RAM
- 6 interactive nodes with 1 A100, dual 32-core AMDs with 256GB RAM
- 5 interactive nodes with 1 A40 with dual 32-core AMDs and 512GB RAM
- 16 dual 64-core AMD systems with 1 TB of RAM
- 2 dual-A100 compute nodes with 32-core AMDs and 512 GB of RAM
- 880 TB of high-speed parallel LUSTRE-based storage
More information:
Nightingale provides standard batch computing and allocation on interactive nodes for GPU or CPU usage. Click here to review our current fee structure. User support is included with all accounts at no additional charge including security administration, compliance consulting, training and onboarding, system and security documentation and standard system administration.
Your use of this resource may qualify for funding via Illinois Computes. Learn how to submit a request.
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