About Ponyland¶
Ponyland is the informal name (officially Equestria) of the Computer Cluster for CLS. The cluster is used in the following ways:
- Store databases and corpora
- Run experiments
- Parallel processing of huge datasets
- Provide a Linux/Unix environment to users
- Host several websites for CLS projects and affiliates
This service is provided for employees of CLS, affiliated guest researchers and student assistants.
Administration¶
The cluster is hosted by C&CZ at Faculty of Science (FNWI) (Huygensgebouw). Technical maintenance is provided by FNWI and user-support by admin.
List of dedicated servers¶
| Address | RAM | Local disk space | CPU threads | GPU | Accessible | Purpose |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
applejack.science.ru.nl |
504G | 2.9T | 56 | no | yes | webserver, special purpose, portal |
daisy.science.ru.nl |
no | no | dataserver | |||
daringdo.science.ru.nl |
no | no | dataserver | |||
derpy.science.ru.nl |
no | no | dataserver | |||
lightning.science.ru.nl |
503G | 19T | 64 | NVIDIA A2 | yes | webserver (LXD containers), special purpose, MySQL server |
spitfire.science.ru.nl |
no | no | webserver and dataserver |
List of Pony-servers (computing nodes)¶
| Address | Boring name | RAM | Local disk space | CPU threads | GPU |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
blossomforth.science.ru.nl |
mlp09 | 256G | 11T | 32 | no |
cheerilee.science.ru.nl |
mlp05 | 252G | 1.4T | 64 | no |
fancypants.science.ru.nl |
mlp06 | 512G | 1.6T | 64 | no |
featherweight.science.ru.nl |
mlp08 | 256G | 11T | 32 | no |
fluttershy.science.ru.nl |
mlp02 | 252G | 1.6T | 40 | no |
mistmane.science.ru.nl |
mlp13 | 126G | 1.6T | 32 | 2x NVIDIA Tesla V100 |
pipsqueak.science.ru.nl |
mlp07 | 252G | 1.6T | 32 | no |
rarity.science.ru.nl |
mlp03 | 252G | 3.3T | 32 | 2x NVIDIA Tesla V100 |
scootaloo.science.ru.nl |
mlp04 | 252G | 11T | 40 | no |
snips.science.ru.nl |
mlp12 | 126G | 1.6T | 32 | 1x NVIDIA Tesla M40 |
thunderlane.science.ru.nl |
mlp10 | 251G | 11T | 64 | 3x NVIDIA Tesla T4 |
twist.science.ru.nl |
mlp11 | 503G | 11T | 64 | no |
wildfire.science.ru.nl |
mlp14 | 504G | 15T | 64 | 4x NVIDIA RTX A6000 + 4x NVIDIA RTX A5000 |
Snips (mlp12) and Mistmane (mlp13) were named Thunderlane (mlp10) and Twist (mlp11) previously.
