Obtaining Access to Spiedie

Table of Contents

  1. Subsidized Access (No Cost)
  2. Yearly subscription access
  3. Condo Access

Subsidized Access to the Spiedie Cluster

  • Maximum of 24 cores per faculty group
  • The queue is limited to a maximum of 250 cores
  • Storage is monitored
  • Higher priority queues have precedence
  • 122 hr wall time

Application must be filled out by supporting faculty

Access application

Yearly Subscription Access

  • $1,675/year, faculty research group
  • Queued ahead of lower priority jobs
  • Fair-share queue enabled
  • Storage is monitored
  • 122 hr wall time
  • Per research group access

Application must be filled out by supporting faculty

Subscription application

Condo Access

Purchase your own nodes to integrate into the cluster

  • High priority on your nodes
  • Fair-share access to other nodes
  • No limits on job submissions to your nodes
  • Storage is monitored
  • Your nodes are accessible to others while not in use
  • ~$450/node annual support maintenance
  • MATLAB users: ~$12/worker (core) for annual MDCS support

Watson IT will assist with quoting, acquisition, integration, and maintenance of purchased nodes. For more information on adding nodes to the Spiedie cluster email Phillip Valenta with your inquiry.