The Illinois Computes program is providing no-cost access to cutting-edge technologies and expert-staff support for researchers across all disciplines and domains and all levels of computing experience.
The Illinois Campus Cluster Program (ICCP) is one resource available in the Illinois Computes program. You can learn more about all available resources on the Illinois Computes website.
Illinois Computes Queue Policy on ICCP
The Illinois Computes partition on the cluster contains 16 CPU nodes and 4 GPU nodes. Illinois researchers can request free access to these nodes through the Illinois Computes Program. The Illinois Computes program is a separate campus program that provides compute and storage access as well as support resources. Illinois Computes is an investor in the Illinois Campus Cluster Program (ICCP), similarly to how other departments/programs/research groups invest in the cluster.
The Illinois Computes queue hardware specifications:
- 16 – Dual AMD 7713 CPU, 512GB RAM, 25G nodes
- 4 – Dual AMD 7763 CPU, 512GB RAM, 4x A100 (80GB) GPUs, 25G nodes
- 2 – Dual Intel 8562Y+, 1.5TB RAM, 8x H200 (141GB) GPUs, 100G nodes
The standard allocation granted from Illinois Computes to researchers on the ICCP is as follows:
- 100,000 CPU core hours
- 1000 GPU hours
When a researcher exceeds their allocation, they are placed into a deprioritized primary queue within SLURM. This enables them to continue their work beyond their allocation limit if there are free cycles in the queue. However, researchers still within their allocation limits receive priority over those in the deprioritized queue.
Illinois Computes queue job priority (in order)
- Primary
- De-prioritized Primary
- Secondary (can be used by anyone with access to campus cluster, 4H max runtime)
Free Storage!
The Illinois Campus Cluster Program is now utilizing NCSA’s center-wide filesystem, Taiga, for project directories. You can request free storage on Taiga through the Illinois Computes program.