AI Supercomputer Access Request

Description

The AI Supercomputer Access Request allows UAlbany researchers to request access to the on-premises NVIDIA DGX cluster for GPU-intensive machine learning, deep learning, and related research computing workloads. The environment supports use of Jupyter notebooks, JupyterLab, Python scripts, and supported NVIDIA container-based workflows.

What’s Included

• Access to 24 NVIDIA DGX A100 systems, each with 8 NVIDIA A100 GPUs
• Support for GPU-intensive artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep learning, model training, inference, and related research computing workloads
• Support for Jupyter notebooks, JupyterLab, Python scripts, and supported NVIDIA container-based workflows
• Up to 1 TB of high-performance, all-flash storage for data actively being used by AI Supercomputer workloads
• A standard 10 TB allocation of disk-based research storage for the research group’s general data storage needs
• Non-priority GPU access subject to the job, GPU, runtime, scheduling, and preemption limits documented in the AI Supercomputer Service Level Agreement
• Access to self-service documentation, tutorials, and instructions for connecting to the system and submitting workloads

What’s Not Included

• Guaranteed or uninterrupted access to GPUs under the free, non-priority service tier. Non-priority jobs are subject to resource availability and may be preempted by prioritized workloads
• Processing or storage of data that requires compliance with HIPAA, NIST, or other sensitive-data regulatory requirements
• Supercomputing access for a course or class. Use the AI Supercomputing for Classes Request Form
• Research Storage beyond the standard 10 TB allocation provided with this request. Use the Additional Research Storage Purchase Request Form in order to purchase storage beyond 10TB
• Changes to membership in an existing research group. Use the Research Group Access Change Request Form
• Report an Incident with the AI Supercomputer. Use the Report an Incident with the AI Supercomputer Form
• General AI Supercomputer assistance unrelated to new access. Use the Other High Performance Computing Support Request Form

Eligibility

UAlbany faculty and researchers may request access for university research. A supervising faculty member must request or sponsor access for graduate students, postdoctoral researchers, and other members of their research group.

More Information

• AI Supercomputer Service Level Agreement (SLA)