Department Servers

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Hydras

The Hydras are virtual based serves hosted in the Campus Cloud. They offer slightly higher stability and are better for smaller computing jobs.

Hardware Specifications

  • Intel Xeon CPU
    • 12 cores @2.6Ghz
  • 64GB-128GB of RAM
  • NAS used for /home storage

Grafana Monitoring

Ghidorahs

The Ghidorahs are physical servers located throughout Baker Hall. They are designed for lighter GPU jobs.

Hardware Specifications

  • Core i9-13900KF CPU
    • 8 performance cores @5.4Ghz
    • 16 Efficiency cores @4.3Ghz
  • 64GB of RAM
  • RTX 4090 24GB of video memory

Grafana Monitoring

Leviathans

The Leviathans are physical servers located throughout Baker Hall. They are designed for heavy CPU and RAM jobs.

Hardware Specifications

  • AMD Ryzen 9 9950x
    • 16 cores @5.7Ghz
  • 128GB of RAM
  • 4TB of local NVME storage
    • Mounted at /scratch
    • Data stored in this location will only be accessible on the original server.

Grafana Monitor

Using the Servers

Accessing the servers requires using an SSH compatible terminal. Applications such as "Command Prompt" on Windows or "Terminal" on MacOS can achieve this.

To SSH to a server, open either app listed previously and enter the SSH command shown below. Be sure to use your StatDS computing account.

ssh statdsusername@hydra1.stat.cmu.edu

In the line above, replace "hydra1" with the server you want to connect to.

Hydras Ghidorahs Leviathans
hydra1 ghidroah1 leviathan1
hydra2 ghidorah2 leviathan2
hydra3 ghidorah3 leviathan3
hydra4 leviathan4
hydra5 leviathan5
hydra6 leviathan6
hydra7
hydra8
hydra9
hydra10
hydra11
hydra12
hydra12

Software