External HPC Resource Support

Overview

This page details external HPC resources supported by UW ARCC and support policy. This page will be updated whenever necessary, and as additional resources become available.

If you plan to use NWSC for HPC resources, please be aware that UW ARCC’s Beartooth cluster can be used as a testing platform before moving to NWSC resources, like Derecho. Contact us at arcc-help@uwyo.edu or fill out a request in our service portal if you would like to create an project allocation for testing on Beartooth.

NWSC

NWSC stands for NCAR-Wyoming Supercomputing Center. NWSC resources include Casper, Cheyenne, and their newest HPC resource, Derecho.

• UW ARCC provides best efforts support for any UW researcher connecting to and using NWSC HPC resources.

  • This may include onboarding, initial connection, software assistance, and working in conjunction with NWSC support.

• We also support software and data transition/migration from UW ARCC HPC resources to NWSC’s HPC. Read more here.

Argonne Leadership Computational Facility (ALCF)

UW works in partnership with Argonne National Labs and their Leadership Computational Facility through the ALCF Lighthouse Initiative, meant to leverage additional computational and AI resources to advance critical research. UW has received a discretionary allocation of computational resources to support researchers who want to boost their computational resources with leading-edge systems.

• UW ARCC provides best efforts support to UW researchers connecting to and using ALCF resources.

• New users can check out Argonne’s Get Started guide here.

Oracle Cloud Services

ARCC Provides limited support under grant funding for Oracle Cloud. Within the requirements for this grant funded project, ARCC may spin up OCI environments for use as computational resources.

Other HPC Resources

ARCC may provide best effort support for any UW researchers needing assistance on HPC resources. This may be determined on an individual basis.