New supercomputer system (scheduled to be replaced in FY2022)

Contents

• Schedule
• Call for application of the new system
• System Configurations
• Software

Schedule

Currently, we are scheduled to replace a current supercomputer system according to the schedule shown in the following table. Initially, we were scheduled to start service of the new supercomputer system in October 2022, however, the schedule has been delayed due to the global shortage of semiconductors. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause.

Trial Operation and Cloud System

• The trial operation period and the cloud system will be available for users who have applied to use the service before July with no additional usage fees.
• The number of nodes will be increased step by step through the trial operation to start the new system at the earliest.
• The cloud system will be configured to be used in the same way as the new system B/C.
  • The new system and the cloud system will use the same job scheduler.
  • File reference with NFS will be available for the new storage.
  • We are working to provide approximately 50 nodes.
  • We will announce the details later.

【Important Notice and Request】

• As a result of the procurement of the new system, the system will be delivered in two stages: the first configuration and the last configuration. It is difficult to provide a definite date for the system installation at this time, since the manufacturing schedule and the delivery date of the equipment have been delayed due to the global shortage of semiconductors. We are working hard to start the operation of the first configuration around December 2022, however we hope for your kind understanding that it will be difficult in this situation. We expect to install the last configuration, system A in June 2023 or later.
• Since the situation will result in lower computing performance than the current system until the new system A is installed, we would like to ask you to consider the use of supercomputers operated by other centers if necessary.
• The data migration to the new system is scheduled to start in July 2022 or later, in parallel with the operation. In order to migrate all of the data, over 4 billion files will need to be transferred, and it will likely be difficult to migrate all of the data. In order to reduce the burden of the migration process and shorten the migration period, we ask for your cooperation in reducing the number of files by organizing unnecessary files and combining multiple files into a tar file.

Call for application of the new system

Call for application of the new system is scheduled as follows.

Please refer to Appendix 1 of "Regulations for Usage Fees of Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACCMS), Kyoto University" below for the usage fees of the new system.

• "Regulations for Usage Fees of Academic Center for Computing and Media Studies (ACCMS), Kyoto University"(Enforced on 2022/10/01)

System Configurations

The new system is expected to consist of three types of systems based on the concept of a current system (System A, B and C), a new system equipped with an accelerator (System G), and a storage system.The CPU in systems A, B, and C are all Intel Xeon of the same generation, however there are differences in memory speed and capacity.System A is a configuration that emphasizes memory speed, System B is a configuration with a good balance between capacity and performance, and System C is a configuration that emphasizes memory capacity.

Camphor 3 (New System A, Successor to the Current System A) Scheduled to be released between around June and August, FY2023

Laurel 3 (New System B, Successor to the Current System B) Scheduled to be released around December, FY2022

Cinnamon 3(New System C, Successor to the Current System C) Scheduled to be released around December, FY2022

Gardenia (New System G, a new system equipped with an accelerator) Scheduled to be released around December, FY2022

Storage System Scheduled to be released in FY2022.

Flash Storage System Scheduled to be released in FY2023.

Software

New software stack is shown in the following table and basically offers equivalent compiler and libraries to the previous ones. However, the ISV applications is yet to be determined, as they are scheduled to be reviewed.