Firebird Computing Cluster

Owned by Jason Simms
Last updated: Aug 23, 2024
2 min read

Members of the Swarthmore community have access to Firebird, Swarthmore’s high-performance computing cluster.

Technical Specifications

Firebird consists of 20 compute nodes, 5 high-memory nodes, 2 high-CPU nodes, 4 GPU nodes, and 2 storage nodes, offering in total 1,724 cores, 15 GPUs, and over 1.2 PB of storage, all linked by Omni-Path 100 fast interconnects.

Node

CPUs

Memory

Storage

GPUs

Node

CPUs

Memory

Storage

GPUs

Login Node

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6530 2.1GHz

256 GB

98 TB

 

node01

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6430 2.1 GHz

512 GB

7 TB

 

node02

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6430 2.1 GHz

512 GB

7 TB

 

node03

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

192 GB

830 GB

 

node04

2x 26-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230R 2.1GHz

192 GB

830 GB

 

node05

2x 26-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230R 2.1GHz

192 GB

830 GB

 

node06

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

192 GB

830 GB

 

node07

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

192 GB

830 GB

 

node08

2x 26-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230R 2.1GHz

192 GB

830 GB

 

node09

2x 10-core Intel Xeon Gold 5215 2.5 GHz

192 GB

22 TB

 

node10

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

192 GB

66 TB

 

node11

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6430 2.1 GHz

512 GB

7 TB

 

node12

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

384 GB

830 GB

 

node13

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

384 GB

830 GB

 

node14

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

384 GB

830 GB

 

node15

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6338 2.0GHz

512 GB

1.7 TB

 

node16

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6338 2.0GHz

512 GB

1.7 TB

 

node17

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6338 2.0GHz

512 GB

1.7 TB

 

node18

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6338 2.0GHz

512 GB

1.7 TB

 

node19

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6338 2.0GHz

512 GB

1.7 TB

 

node20

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6338 2.0GHz

512 GB

1.7 TB

 

himem01

2x 18-core Intel Xeon Gold 6240 2.6GHz

768 GB

830 GB

 

himem02

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

768 GB

830 GB

 

himem03

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

768 GB

830 GB

 

himem04

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

768 GB

830 GB

 

himem05

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6530 2.1GHz

2 TB

1.7 TB

 

hicpu01

2x 36-core Intel Xeon Platinum 8360Y 2.4GHz

1 TB

1.7 TB

 

hicpu02

2x 96-core AMD EPYC 9654 2.4GHz

768 GB

1.7 TB

 

gpu01

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

384 GB

830 GB

4x NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti (12 GB)

gpu02

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6226R 2.9GHz

192 GB

1.7 TB

3x NVIDIA Quadro 8000 (48 GB)

gpu03

2x 20-core Intel Xeon Gold 6230 2.1GHz

384 GB

830 GB

4x NVIDIA RTX 2080 Ti (12 GB)

gpu04

2x 32-core Intel Xeon Gold 6530 2.1GHz

512 GB

7 TB

4x NVIDIA L40s (48 GB)

Firebird Resources

 

Ways you can contact ITS or find information:

ITS Support Portal: https://support.swarthmore.edu
Email: support@swarthmore.edu
Phone: x4357 (HELP) or 610-328-8513
Check out our remote resources at https://swatkb.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/remote/overview
Check our homepage at https://swarthmore.edu/its