Alps Clusters

A vCluster (versatile software-defined cluster) is a logical partition of the supercomputing resources where platform services are deployed. It serves as a dedicated environment supporting a specific platform. The composition of resources and services for each vCluster is defined in a configuration file used by an automated pipeline for deployment. Once deployed by CSCS, the vCluster becomes immutable.

Clusters on Alps

Clusters on Alps are provided as part of different platforms. The following clusters are part of the platforms that are fully operated by CSCS.

• Machine Learning Platform

  Clariden is the main Grace-Hopper cluster

  Clariden

  Bristen is a small system with A100 nodes used for data processing, development, x86 workloads and ML inference services.

  Bristen

• HPC Platform

  Daint is the main Grace-Hopper cluster for GPU workloads

  Daint

  Eiger is a large AMD-CPU cluster for CPU workloads

  Eiger

• Climate and Weather Platform

  Santis is a Grace-Hopper cluster for climate and weather simulation

  Santis