High-Performance Computing

ComputersThe High-Performance Computing (HPC) Facility provides the hardware and staff to support bioinformatics and biocomputational research. The central component of this facility is a large (256 processor) network of high-speed Intel-based computers, along with multi-terabyte storage and tape back up.

The HPC cluster currently consists of 64 workstations, each containing two Xeon 5160 Dual Core CPUs (3 GHz) and 8 GB RAM. These cluster nodes are connected to an array of very high-performance disks with a total capacity of 46 TB. The disk array is backed up to a tape library.

PGFI computer and disk usage fees will be assessed to all users starting May 1, 2008.

    $ 0.072 per CPU-hour
    $ 0.10 per GB per month
An account on the PGFI high-performance cluster and use of the facilities constitutes consent of the PGFI cluster Usage Policy.

To request an account

The use of PGFI R&D facilities is a benefit of PGFI membership (for membership information, see Membership Guidelines). PGFI members can also sponsor non-member use of the facilities.

Download: R&D Facilities Application

Completed applications should be returned to:

    Joyce Donnelly
    302B Lynch Labs/6018
    Phone: (215) 746-1764 | Fax: (215) 746-6258
    Email: joyced@upenn.edu

Usage Policy...

Research Facilities

Core Facilities