Computing Resources
The SCS maintains a large and diverse computing infrastructure in support of research and education. Computing resources at SCS include two large supercomputers, a number of clusters and computational servers, a laboratory for scientific visualization, a bioinformatics server, and more. While many of the SCS computing resources are dedicated to specific research areas, an increasing number of machines are being made available to the University research community in general through the use of high throughput management tools and job schedulers. Download a PDF copy of the SCS Integrated Technology Plan for 2005 to learn more about SCS computing resources, current and planned computing projects, and the future direction of SCS computing.
HPC Resources
SCS is home to a growing number of high performance computational resources. Our HPC resources consist of large shared memory machines as well as clusters of fast commodity computers. By using a variety of high throughput management tools and job scheduling systems, the SCS is able to make these resource available to SCS researchers, their affiliates, and the University community in general.
Desktop and Workstations
To best accommodate research and application development, the SCS maintains a heterogeneous desktop and workstation environment. Our goal is to provide a turnkey solution for building four basic desktop systems; 1) MS Windows, 2) Linux, 3) Mac OS, 4) Dual boot Windows and Linux. In addition, we are in the process of implementing a system that will harness unused cycles from desktop machines that are not in use.
Software
In addition to the general application licenses provided by FSU's User Services, the SCS also provides site licenses for some scientific applications and libraries.
General Infrastructure and Outreach
The SCS operates approximately 30 servers for core internet services, such as email, list, web, calendar, and others. Core computer servers also host high profile services for research, education, and outreach.
