HPC Resource Centre of VUB#
Message of the Day
28/11/2023 - Hydra upgrade 27-28 November finished
Hydra has gained a major system upgrade, a brand new scratch storage, extra compute nodes, and a new GPU cluster for interactive workflows.
Important changes post-maintenance: 27 Nov 2023
The big 2023 upgrade of Hydra is now completed. This upgrade impacts the system of the cluster at all levels and may require adapting your workflows. Please check the upgrade news page for detailed info.
Quick Reference Documentation#
The quick reference documentation offers structured and concise information for the day-to-day use of the HPC services in VUB. It focuses on our tier-2 cluster Hydra and covers all levels of expertise, from the VSC account creation to software optimization tips. Our documentation centre is also a point of entry to the extensive documentation available in the VSC documentation website.
Recent News#
28/11 - Hydra upgrade 27-28 November finished
Hydra has gained a major system upgrade, a brand new scratch storage, extra compute nodes, and a new GPU cluster for interactive workflows.
08/11 - VSC User Survey
The Flemish Supercomputing Centre (VSC) is carrying out a short user survey. Please take some time to participate in it and give your feedback about our services: https://uhasselt.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_e8rTPE6iYFAZ0Bo
27/10 - Big upgrade for Hydra the 27-28 November 2023
We are happy to announce a big upgrade to our beloved tier-2 HPC cluster in VUB. On Monday, November 27th 2023 at 03:00 (CET), Hydra will be shut down for 48 hours to apply a major system upgrade, renew the scratch storage and add some extra compute nodes.
23/10 - Belgian LUMI user day
Join us in Brussels on November 6th, 2023, starting at 10:00 (CEST), for the Belgian LUMI user day.
11/10 - Job scheduler outage in Hydra
On Tuesday, October 10th at around 17:30 (CEST), there was an outage of the Slurm scheduler in Hydra. Please check the output of your jobs carefully if it was in queue or running between October 10th at 17:00 CEST and October 11th at 09:00 CEST.
Latest Events#
Hydra user survey#
Once a year we carry out a user survey to gather feedback about their experience in our HPC clusters. The questions cover the full cycle of cluster usage, from getting access to the specific infrastructure needs of experienced users. The goal is to identify the weak and strong points in our scientific computing services as guidance for improvement in the future.
Results of the User survey 2022 show a very good satisfaction level of our users with the services provided by the VUB-HPC team and some interesting trends for the future.
All published surveys can be found in the survey list.