PARAM SANGANAK CLUSTER
Effective August 2024, the PARAM SANGANAK cluster operates on a pre-paid, usage-based computing model. Users must recharge their accounts in advance based on their anticipated requirements for CPU core hours and GPU card hours. This model ensures a "pay-as-you-use" system for all researchers.
Hardware Specifications
- Standard CPU Node: 48 Cores.
- GPU Node: 2 GPU Cards and 40 CPU Cores.
| Standard CPU Compute Nodes | High Memory CPU Compute Nodes | GPU Compute Nodes | |
| Number of Nodes | 217 (214+3) | 78 | 20 |
| CPU | 2* Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 | 2* Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 |
2* Intel Xeon G-6248 |
| Cores | 48 | 48 | 40 |
| Clock | 2.9 GHz | 2.9 GHz | 2.5 GHz |
| Memory | 192 GB, DDR4 2933 MHz | 768 GB, DDR4 2933 MHz | 192 GB, DDR4 2933 MHz |
| SSD | 480 GB (local scratch) per node | 480 GB (local scratch) per node | 480 GB (local scratch) per node |
| Nodes | cn[001-217] | hm[001-078] | gpu[001-020] |
| GPU Cards | NA | NA | 2*NVidia V100 per node GPU Cores per node= 2*5120= 10240 GPU Memory = 16 GB HBM2 per NVidia V100 |
| Note: There are total of 312(214+78+20) nodes in Param Sanganak. 3 Extra Nodes are provided by OEM for hardware replacement. | |||
Access Types
Users can choose between two access tiers depending on their project deadlines and requirements:
- Regular Access: Standard queuing times and rates.
- High-Priority Access: Significantly reduced queuing times at a premium rate.
Account Types & Allocation
Users may opt for one of the following account structures:
- Personal Account (Individual): For researchers managing their own specific credits.
- Pool Account (Group): Students apply to join a "PI Pool." The PI (Supervisor) allocates a shared pool of CPU/GPU hours for the entire research group.
Person Account (non -pool as Individual account):
| Param Sanganak Regular Access | |
| Charges for new account | 1 CPU core hour: ₹0.015 1 GPU card hour: ₹0.50 |
| Charges for Top-up/Recharge | 1 CPU core hour: ₹0.015 1 GPU card hour: ₹0.50 |
| Here: ₹ 300 is equivalent to | 20000 CPU core hour OR 600 GPU card hour |
| Param Sanganak High-Priority Access | |
| Charges for new account | 1 CPU core hour: ₹1.50 1 GPU card hour: ₹100 |
| Charges for Top-up/Recharge | 1 CPU core hour: ₹1.50 1 GPU card hour: ₹100 |
| Here: ₹ 30000 is equivalent to | 20000 CPU core hour OR 300 GPU card hour |
Pool Account (group account):
A Pool based allocation is available. Students apply in a Pool, and PI allocates a common cpu-core/gpu-card hours for the entire group.
| Param Sanganak Regular Access Pool | |
| Charges for new account | 1 CPU core hour: ₹0.015 1 GPU card hour: ₹0.50 |
| Charges for Top-up/Recharge | 1 CPU core hour: ₹0.015 1 GPU card hour: ₹0.50 |
| Here: ₹300 is equivalent to | 20000 CPU core hour OR 600 GPU card hour |
| Param Sanganak High-Priority Access Pool | |
| Charges for new account | 1 CPU core hour: ₹1.50 1 GPU card hour: ₹100 |
| Charges for Top-up/Recharge | 1 CPU core hour: ₹1.50 1 GPU card hour: ₹100 |
| Here: ₹30000 is equivalent to | 20000 CPU core hour OR 300 GPU card hour |
Application & Approval Process
- Portal: All account creations and top-ups are managed via the Office Automation (OA) Portal of IIT Kanpur.
- Location: HPC Services are listed under "Other Services" within the OA Portal.
- Approvals:
- PI Approval: Applications require approval from the Supervisor/PI. This is not applicable to Supervisor /PI own applications.
- R&D Approval: For financial processing, applications are routed online for R&D department confirmation.
- HPC Portal User Manual:
- View the HPC Portal User Manual for instructions.
Documentation & Support
- User Manual: For a detailed step-by-step guide, download the [Param Sanganak User Manual]. This is first document some application related things are subject to change. For updated instructions please follow the policy document.
- Policy Document: View the current IIT Kanpur HPC policies and initial instructions [here].
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