High Performance Computing

High Performance Computing (HPC) or Supercomputing is the use of the fastest computers available for solving large and complex problems. The University of Kentucky has been a leader in using HPC for scientific research and teaching since 1987 and its supercomputers have been ranked as high as #66 on the Top 500 list. These facilities are available to the faculty at UK and research institutions throughout the state. Active research areas include physics, astronomy, biochemistry, pharmacy, medicine, mechanical engineering, and many others. The University also participates in networks of research supercomputers and collaborates with researchers across the country and around the world.

Help

  • For current information on problems and outages, see the News Blog page.
  • For help with your linkblue account (userid or password) and for general IT questions, please contact the IT Service Desk by calling 859-218-HELP (859-218-4357) or emailing helpdesk@uky.edu.
  • Also, take a look at the HPC Frequently Asked Questions list.
  • For technical help with HPC, please email your questions to help-hpc@uky.edu

Resources

  • The Lipscomb High Performance Computing Cluster (dlx.uky.edu)

    The Lipscomb cluster is the backbone of the facility and is located in McVey Hall. The cluster is built from a large cluster of commodity servers, a high speed interconnect, a large unified file system, and a mass storage system. For details on the cluster hardware, please refer to the Hardware page. If you're new to the cluster, then read the New User Guide. Everyone using the cluster should look at the README FIRST page.

    Scheduled Downtime:The Lipscomb cluster has quarterly outages scheduled for system maintenance, normally on the second Monday of January, April, July, and October, from 8AM until 4 PM. Schedule long running jobs accordingly. When no maintenance is required, outages will be canceled. See the motd when logged onto DLX or see the HPC News Blog for details.

  • The XGRID Cluster

    ** Information Coming Soon **

The Center for Computational Sciences

The Center for Computational Sciences (CCS) is a major center for computational activity at UK and was started in 1987 as a center of Excellence in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. In the decades since, there has been a revolution in the penetration of computation into every level of academic, industrial and governmental life. The Center has been at the forefront of this revolution, now labeled as Cyberinfrastructure.

UK HPC Email List

This is a low volume Listserv list for us send information, notices, questions, and warnings to the whole UK HPC user community. We encourage everyone interested in High Performance Computing at the University of Kentucky to subscribe. Subscribe by sending email to LISTSERV@LSV.UKY.EDU with the single line SUB HPC in it. To leave the list, send the single line UNSUB HPC.

Acknowledgements?

If you publish research based on your work on the Lipscomb HPC Cluster, we would appreciate being mentioned in the acknowledgment section. Here is an example:

We would like to thank the University of Kentucky Information Technology department and Center for Computational Sciences for computing time on the Lipscomb High Performance Computing Cluster and for access to other supercomputing resources.

Thank you for your support.

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