MARS

MVLS Advanced Research System (MARS), is a heterogenous computing platform that offers forty separate nodes specified to reflect a range of research requirements.

Staff and students from MVLS and collaborators or affiliates from other Colleges, who are part of MARS approved and MVLS funded projects, are eligible to use the platform.

Software

MARS uses a modular software control system (Environment Modules) to store and enable applications and tools.

This means that multiple versions of the same software can be installed and made available independently depending on the user or project.

Hardware specification

System

  • The cluster uses the Slurm job scheduler. Four types of nodes are intended to suit a range of workloads.

CPU nodes

  • CPU (x10): each 2x AMD 7543 Processors @2.8Ghz; 32 cores per CPU; 512GB RAM
  • CPU+ (x6): each 2x AMD 7763 Processors @2.45Ghz; 64 cores per CPU; 1Tb RAM

GPU nodes

  • GPU (x20): each 2x AMD 7543 Processors @2.8Ghz; 32 cores per CPU; 256Gb RAM; Nvidia A40 (48GB)
  • GPU+ (x4): each 2x AMD 7763 Processors @2.8Ghz; 64 cores per CPU; 512Gb RAM; Nvidia HGX – 4x A100 GPU (80GB)