The Computing Services of MPCDF
The MPCDF provides facilities for high-performance computing (HPC) and data analytics/machine learning (HPDA/ML) , capacity computing (Linux clusters) and remote visualization and supports general-purpose and dedicated systems.
A list of the major computing systems can be found below. A detailed description and technical documentation can be found at the MPCDF user documentation.
High-Performance Computing
The MPCDF hosts the central HPC resources of the Max Planck Society with a typical renewal cycle of 5 years. Open to scientists affiliated with Max-Planck Institutes which joined the corresponding proposals to the Max Planck Society (test access can be granted on request).
Based on AMD EPYC Genoa 9554 processors: 768 CPU compute nodes, 98304 CPU cores, 432 TB RAM (DDR5), 4.9 PFlop/s theoretical peak performance (FP64). In the course of 2024, a second phase with ca. 340 GPU nodes comprising 680 AMD Instinct MI300A APUs will be deployed.
Based on Intel Xeon IceLake-SP processors and Nvidia A100 GPUs. Deployment in two phases (April and June 2021) with 1592 CPU compute nodes, 114,624 CPU-cores, 375 TB RAM (DDR4), 7.5 PFlop/s theoretical peak performance (FP64), 192 GPU-accelerated nodes providing 768 Nvidia A100 GPUs, 30 TB GPU RAM (HBM2).
Linux Compute Clusters
The MPCDF hosts dedicated compute clusters for many Max Planck Institutes. Open to scientists affiliated with the Max-Planck Institute(s) owning the resouces.
Dedicated Linux Compute Clusters hosted for several Max Planck Institutes
Further computing infrastructure and services
A flexible and powerful computing environment for complex workflows, complementing the HPC systems.
Jupyter notebooks, remote visualization, remote desktops enable convenient web-based access to the HPC systems and selected linux compute clusters
