Research IT
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Compute Clusters
Compute clusters have become an increasingly important tool for many researchers within the University. Research IT Services provides compute cluster facilities to researchers of different usage levels and requirements.
As a member of the UCD research community you have the opportunity to utlise any of the three compute cluster services hosted on the campus including the UCD ICHEC compute cluster service.
Research IT Services currently administer a single physical High Performance Compute Cluster, Phaeton, which is hosted in the Research IT Data Centre providing the most reliable environment on campus for equipment hosting. This cluster is built on IBM Intel hardware and runs Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. Each worker node within the cluster is currently an IBM HS21 XM Dual Xeon Quad Core E5430 Blade Server with 32GB RAM .
Within this single hardware platform, Research IT Services provide two level of service, a Shared Compute Service which is free to all UCD registered users and a Community Compute Service which in an innovative contribution based service.
Access and Support
You can apply for an account on any of these services using our Account Request Form .
If you would like to become a contributor to the Community Compute Cluster please email researchit@ucd.ie
Further information
Service Level
Please see the Customer Charter for our defined service level agreements and resolution times.