Cluster Computer at CSE
Several clusters of hosts are available for special purposes.The computer support group (CSG) manages several of these clusters and each cluster computer works much like a login server.
Access to cluster computers is given by CSG at the request of the academic supervisor. If you want to use a cluster computer please ask the supervising academic to email CSG for you.
They originate from different funding purposes related to the research groups that use them.
- Vina Cluster (Supervisor Manuel Chakravarty)
- Leo Cluster (Supervisor Claude Sammut)
- Snare Cluster (Supervisor Xuemin Lin)
General Notes
Research cluster computers managed by CSG are generally used by one person at a time, though CSG don't enforce this. Making sure two people aren't using the same cluster machine is something we leave up to the research group to schedule.Similarly, we set up cluster computers to not restrict the memory use on the processes running there. The person using the computer will need to manage the memory use of their processes to avoid their computing task crashing.