About the Palmetto 2 Cluster
Palmetto 2 is Clemson University's primary high-performance computing (HPC) resource; heavily utilized by researchers, students, faculty, and staff from a broad range of disciplines.
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Statistics
Currently, Palmetto is comprised of 1786 compute nodes (totaling 34916 CPU cores), and features:
- 1786 compute nodes, totaling 34916 cores
- over 850 nodes are equipped with 2 or more GPUs
- 12 large-memory nodes with over 1 TB of RAM
- 250 GB home directory space for each user
- 2.2 PB of scratch storage space
- 10 and 25 Gbps Ethernet
- 56, 100, and 200 Gbps Infiniband networks
- benchmarked at 3.0 PFlops
- is 100% backed by both battery and generator power
Scheduler
Palmetto 2 uses the Slurm Workload Manager to schedule jobs.
Slurm is a workload management tool that is designed to work with multiple Linux systems in a cluster environment. Its primary functions are is to job scheduling and resource allocation.
Condominium Model
Palmetto cluster operates in a condominium model which allows faculty to purchase immediate access to compute nodes on the cluster. More information can be found in the Owner's Guide.