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The 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 cluster of high-speed compute nodes, along with multi-terabyte storage.

The HPC cluster currently consists of ~600 computational slots (e.g. CPU's) spread across 23 servers. These cluster nodes are connected to an array of high-performance disks with a total capacity of 921 TB.

 

The current usage fees (billed monthly) are:

$ 0.08 per CPU-hour
$ 0.08 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.

For more technical information, see our internal HPC wiki.

To request an account

The use of PGFI R&D facilities is a benefit of PGFI membership. PGFI members can also sponsor non-member use of the facilities.

Download: R&D Facilities Application (DOC)

Completed applications should be returned to:

    Joyce Donnelly
    302B Lynch Labs/6018
    Phone: (215) 746-1764 | Fax: (215) 746-6258
    Email: joyced@upenn.edu
To add a user to an existing account

Send an e-mail  to manager@genomics.upenn.edu with the following details:
  • Full Name: The user's full name, as listed in Penn Directories
  • Pennkey Name: The new user's pennkey, which they will use to log into the cluster
  • Group Name: The user's group name to which we will bill usage

PGFI Announcements

The Spring 2013 newsletter can be viewed here.

Educational Facility Professional Development Workshops can be applied for here.

Interested in helping with genomics outreach? Add your name to our pool of volunteers and willing speakers/experts.

 

 

Based at the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Genome Frontiers Institute (PGFI) is a university-wide institute dedicated to the advancement of the interdisciplinary field of genomics research. PGFI fosters collaborations and scientific exchange across biology, veterinary medicine, pharmacology, medicine, genetics, microbiology, engineering, physics, chemistry and psychology. Our mission...