Updated 2021-10-13
OSG resources at PACE¶
The Buzzard is an NSF funded cluster through a CC* award 1925541. This cluster represents a centralized OSG service support structure at Georgia Tech that provides researchers an opportunity to invest their research funding directly into OSG resources, and the currently deployed cluster has already a faculty contribution of 25 nodes to the Buzzard cluster.
At present, the Buzzard cluster supports the computational needs of the CRA as they investigate multi-messenger physics through several experiments/projects, including - Laser Interferometer Gravitational-Wave Observatory (LIGO), - IceCube Neutrino Observatory, - Cherenkov Telescope Array (CTA), and - Very Energetic Radiation Imaging Telescope Array System (VERITAS).
In addition, 10% of the CC* funded part of the Buzzard cluster (or 3% of the overall cluster) is allocated to the OSP.
Buzzard Overview¶
| Quantity | CPU | Memory | GPUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| 25 | Dual Xeon Gold 6226 (12 core, 2.70 GHz) | 192GB DDR4 2933MHz | N/A |
| 12 | Dual Xeon Gold 6226 (12 core, 2.70 GHz) | 384GB DDR4 2933MHz | N/A |
| 12 | Dual Xeon Gold 6226 (12 core, 2.70 GHz) | 384GB DDR4 2933MHz | 4x RTX6000 (24GB) |
StachCache Overview¶
| Quantity | CPU | Memory | Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dual Xeon Gold 6226 (12 core, 2.70 GHz) | 384GB DDR4 2933MHz | 415TB |
Requesting access to the Buzzard¶
Please submit a help request with PACE support or contact us at pace-support@oit.gatech.edu to learn more about getting started with your project with OSG and/or the Buzzard cluster.
Connecting to the Buzzard¶
Once an account has been provisioned, you can access the Buzzard login node via SSH by running the following command with your GT username:
ssh <username>@osg-login2.pace.gatech.edu
When prompted, enter your GT password and hit enter to login.
Warning
You must be connected to the GT VPN to sign in.
Please note, when you login to the Buzzard, you will not have access to data stored on other PACE clusters.
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant number 1925541. Any opinions, findings and conclusions or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National Science Foundation.