The HERMES supercomputing cluster is the scientific infrastructure most used by I3A researchers. It responds to the increasing complexity of the simulations carried out in the most advanced research projects of the Institute.
HERMES has over 3260 cores and 5920 parallel processing threads, 26TB RAM, 264TB nvme and 400TB HDD shared storage, all connected by a 100Gbps backbone network. In addition we currently have 251,392 cuda cores, 720GB graphics memory, 1,179.42 TFLOPS peak FP16, and 828.6 TFLOPS peak FP32. HERMES is capable of processing a year's worth of work on a personal computer in as little as 3 hours, greatly accelerating the work of researchers. The I3A technical staff maintains the system and provides technical support, advice and training in parallel supercomputing and high-performance base coding.
The cluster is unit 27 of NANBIOSIS, the integrated infrastructure for the production and characterization of nanomaterials, biomaterials and systems in biomedicine, of the CIBER-BBN and the Jesús Usón Minimally Invasive Surgery Center, which has been recognized by MINECO as a Singular Scientific-Technological Infrastructure (ICTS).
Highlights:
Cores
Threads
RAM
NVMe
HDD
Gbps backbone network
CUDA cores
Graphic memory
The use of the HERMES cluster is open to all members of the I3A and the university, public research organisations and private companies applying the different rates in force in the catalogue of tariffs for regularised services of the University of Zaragoza. To apply for its use there are 2 possibilities depending on the origin of the user:
- Members of I3A research groups (designers, research fellows, etc... ), as well as I3A associate members can use the cluster under the supervision of a researcher member of the I3A. More information on how to apply for its use in the I3A documentation website: I3A Accounts (clúster)
- External users interested in the use of the custers should contact us by e-mail at: i3a@unizar.es