Computational Cluster Programs

UCLA Physics Saxon Cluster -- an OSG CMS Tier3

Picture of the Saxon Cluster The Saxon cluster is an OSG tier3 cluster belonging to Professor David Saltzberg of the UCLA Department of Physics and Astronomy.

The Saxon Cluster is set up for use by particpants in the CERN Large Hadron Collider Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experiment.

Accessing the Saxon Cluster

Only those associated with high-energy physics at UCLA will be given local login ids on the the Saxon Custer. Contact Professor Saltzberg for permission. You must apply for a login id on the Saxon Cluster and select his name from the sponsor list as your facutly sponsor.

How to apply to be a new UCLA user of the Saxon Cluster.

Members of OSG-participating Virtual Organizations (VOs) can submit jobs to the Saxon Cluster as VO members.

Hardware

Compute Nodes:
11 64-bit AMD Opteron machines each with two dual core CPUs (total four cores), 4 GB memory and a 160 GB hard drive.

Login Node:
Similar to the compute nodes except with 2 250 GB hard drives.

File Server:
Has 12 500 GB disks. Contains user home directories, $OSG_APP and $OSG_DATA.

Network:
A Private GBit LAN connects all nodes.

Address:
saxon.hosted.ats.ucla.edu

Policies

  • Please see the Saxon Cluster Security Policy
  • Jobs submitted by members of Professor Saltzberg's group are given priority. These jobs can run either in the 24 hour or the unlimited queues.
  • Other OSG affiliated users can run only in the 24 hour queue.
  • Jobs may be halted or killed at any time.
  • Only the system administators and members of Professor Saltzberg's group can write into $OSG_APP.
  • Files in $OSG_DATA are deleted 7 days after the date on which they were last accessed.

How to use the Saxon Cluster

Research Conducted using the Saxon Cluster

Getting Help

For help, please contact the UCLA High Performance Computing consultants at atshpc@ucla.edu. The consultants respond to email during normal business hours.