Creation
The HPC Center of Scuola Normale Superiore (Centro HPC or CHPC hereafter) was created on December 4, 2019 (D.D. n.643, 644)
Purpose
technical support for SNS researchers requiring:
- scientific calculation on high performance architectures
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webservices, databases and web pages.
The CHPC offers technical support to the Docstar Laboratory of the Scuola Normale Superiore with regard to project implementation, web hosting, web development, backups and database project and administration (see Docstar website for more detailed information - site is in Italian)
Main activities
- 24/7 management of the computational clusters hosted in the server 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