Example specifications and pricing as of February 2021
Cluster compute nodes are purchased by Wynton in units which contain 4 Compute Nodes in a single chassis. Partial nodes can be purchased and contributions will be pooled towards a full system.
Price per 4 compute node unit: 33,405 USD (for 4 nodes in a 2U chassis)
Wynton HPC has 56 GPU nodes with a total of 217 GPUs available to all users. Among these, 34 GPU nodes, with a total of 129 GPUs, were contributed by different research groups. GPU jobs are limited to 2 hours in length when run on GPUs not contributed by the running user’s lab. In contrast, contributors are not limited to 2-hour GPU jobs on nodes they contributed. There is also one GPU development node that is available to all users.
Price per GPU node: 25,412 USD
To purchase compute nodes or GPUs, please contact compute@wynton.ucsf.edu to discuss the specifics (requirements, pricing, availability and current lead times). Single GPU cards cannot be purchased, only a full GPU node. However, just like partial compute nodes can be purchased, GPU purchase requests can also be pooled towards a full system.