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[[CC-Cloud Resources|Arbutus]] (formerly known as GP1) is an extension of the West cloud. Arbutus went into service in September 2016. | [[CC-Cloud Resources|Arbutus]] (formerly known as GP1) is an extension of the West cloud. Arbutus went into service in September 2016. | ||
[[Cedar]] (GP2) and [[Graham]] (GP3) are general purpose clusters composed of a variety of nodes including large memory nodes and nodes with accelerators. They are | [[Cedar]] (GP2) and [[Graham]] (GP3) are general purpose clusters composed of a variety of nodes including large memory nodes and nodes with accelerators. They are entering service in the summer of 2017. | ||
[[Niagara]] (LP) will be a large parallel cluster with nodes interconnected by a fast network. | [[Niagara]] (LP) will be a large parallel cluster with nodes interconnected by a fast network planned to enter service in early 2018. | ||
===Legacy resources (deployed before 2016)=== | ===Legacy resources (deployed before 2016)=== | ||
[https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/national-services/compute/ Computing] and [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/national-services/storage/ storage] resources which were installed between 2004 and 2015 and | [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/national-services/compute/ Computing] and [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/national-services/storage/ storage] resources which were installed between 2004 and 2015 and scheduled to be decommissioned in the next few years are referred to as ''legacy resources''. The legacy resources are administered by regional organizations, one of [http://www.ace-net.ca/ ACENET], [http://cac.queensu.ca/ the Centre for Advanced Computing], [http://www.calculquebec.ca/en/ Calcul Québec], [http://www.scinethpc.ca/ SciNet], [https://www.sharcnet.ca/my/front/ SHARCNET], and [https://www.westgrid.ca/ WestGrid]. To use a legacy resource you must have an account with one of these entities; you can apply for an account through [https://ccdb.computecanada.ca/me/facilities CCDB]. Resources deployed during and after 2016 will not require this step, nor will the two [[CC-Cloud|clouds]]. | ||
Most [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/national-services/compute/ legacy clusters] are classified as either capacity clusters or capability clusters. ''Capacity clusters'' contain nodes connected to each other by a relatively slow Ethernet network, while the ''capability clusters'' have a fast network, usually InfiniBand. Large parallel jobs will run better on capability clusters than capacity clusters, while smaller jobs will run almost anywhere. | Most [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/national-services/compute/ legacy clusters] are classified as either capacity clusters or capability clusters. ''Capacity clusters'' contain nodes connected to each other by a relatively slow Ethernet network, while the ''capability clusters'' have a fast network, usually InfiniBand. Large parallel jobs will run better on capability clusters than capacity clusters, while smaller jobs will run almost anywhere. | ||