High Performance Computing Center

Scuola Normale Superiore

Purposes

technological and instrumental support to research groups, research centers and laboratories that, in order to carry out their research activities, need to use

  • scientific calculation on high performance architectures

  • webservices, databases and web pages for the humanities

Main activities

  • 24/7 management of the computational clusters hosted in the machine room of the San Silvestro complex

  • design and installation of new computing infrastructures

  • coordination of hosting, installation and maintenance of equipment

  • installation and maintenance of the workload and storage quota management system

  • scientific software installation

  • virtual infrastructure management for the management of virtual machines or containers

  • infrastructure management for websites provisioning for research