System partitions

System partitions

To determine which partitions (queues) exist on a cluster you can use the sinfo -s command. Below is the command output from Cyclone.

sinfo -s
PARTITION AVAIL  TIMELIMIT   NODES(A/I/O/T) NODELIST
milan        up 1-00:00:00       16/16/2/34 ne[01-34]
skylake      up 1-00:00:00          0/3/0/3 dis[02-04]
nehalem      up 1-00:00:00          0/3/0/3 n[019-021]
cpu* up 1-00:00:00        11/2/0/13 cn[05-17]
p100         up 1-00:00:00          1/7/0/8 cyc[01-08]
a100         up 1-00:00:00          2/4/0/6 sim[01-06]
gpu          up 1-00:00:00        16/0/0/16 gpu[01-16]

The command shows the partition name, status, maximum time limit, node availability and node list.

  • cpu: default Cyclone CPU nodes partition
  • gpu: Cyclone GPU nvidia v100 nodes partition
  • nehalem: Cytera CPU nodes partition
  • a100: Simea GPU nvidia a100 nodes partition
  • skylake: Disarm nodes partition
  • milan: AMD milan nodes partition
  • p100: Cyclamen GPU nvidia p100 nodes partition

Applications submitted via the general open-access process are allocated resources on the Cyclone system's cpu and gpu partitions. While the other partitions are dedicated to specific projects, researchers interested in utilizing these advanced resources (e.g., a100, milan) are encouraged to contact us to explore potential collaboration opportunities.