Research Linux server hardware

MFCF hosts general-purpose research Linux servers for various computing needs. These servers include:

All the servers are running Ubuntu 22.04.

Specifications

linux.math

This group is for casual interactive use such as web browsing, reading email, coding. These machines are old and not very fast.

linux.math pool
Hostname Make/model CPUs Memory
cpu141.math.private Dell PowerEdge R830 four Intel Xeon E5-4650v4 14-core 2.2 GHz (Broadwell) 256 GB
cpu143.math.private Dell PowerEdge R630 Two Intel Xeon E5-2667v4 8-core 3.2 GHz (Broadwell) 64 GB
cpu145.math.private Dell PowerEdge R630 Two Intel Xeon E5-2667v4 8-core 3.2 GHz (Broadwell) 64 GB
cpu147.math.private Dell PowerEdge R840 four Intel Xeon Gold 6126 12-core 2.6 GHz (Skylake) 384 GB

biglinux.math

This group of servers has:

  • the largest amount of memory
  • the most central processing unit (CPU) cores
  • MPICH and OpenMPI parallel programming suites

and is intended for very large, long-running, or multi-threaded jobs.

Hostname Make/model CPUs Memory
biglinux.math pool
cpu149.math.private Dell PowerEdge R840 four Intel Xeon Gold 6230 20-core 2.1 GHz (Cascade Lake) 768 GB
cpu152.math.private Dell PowerEdge R840 four Intel Xeon Gold 6230 20-core 2.1 GHz (Cascade Lake) 768 GB
cpu154.math.private Dell PowerEdge R840 four Intel Xeon Gold 6230 20-core 2.1 GHz (Cascade Lake) 768 GB
cpu156.math.private Dell PowerEdge R840 four Intel Xeon Gold 6230 20-core 2.1 GHz (Cascade Lake) 768 GB
cpu158.math.private Dell PowerEdge R840 four Intel Xeon Gold 6230 20-core 2.1 GHz (Cascade Lake) 768 GB
cpu160.math.private Dell PowerEdge R6625 two AMD EPYC 9754 128-core 2.25 GHz 1.5 TB

fastlinux.math

This group of servers has the fastest CPUs and is intended for single small jobs where processor speed is most important.

fastlinux.math pool
Hostname Make/model CPUs Memory
cpu150.math.private Dell PowerEdge R640 Two Intel Xeon Gold 6244 8-core 3.6 GHz (Cascade Lake) 192 GB
cpu151.math.private Dell PowerEdge R640 Two Intel Xeon Gold 6244 8-core 3.6 GHz (Cascade Lake) 192 GB
cpu153.math.private Dell PowerEdge R640 Two Intel Xeon Gold 6244 8-core 3.6 GHz (Cascade Lake) 192 GB
cpu155.math.private Dell PowerEdge R650 Two Intel Xeon Gold 6334 8-core 3.6 GHz (Ice Lake) 256 GB
cpu157.math.private Dell PowerEdge R660 Two Intel Xeon Gold 6434 8-core 3.7 GHz (Sapphire Rapids) 256 GB