Curie Cluster
Curie is one of the Research Clusters available at the Chemistry Computer Center. It is specifically configured for software designed to work in parallel.
Usage Policies
Failure to observe prescribed usage policies may result in the unceremonious termination of any and all jobs in violation.
- Each user is allowed to use a maximum of 8 processors (4 nodes) total for all concurrent jobs at any given time. In other words, if you run a large job using 6 processors, you can run an additional job using 2 processors, but no more.
- Please do not run 1 CPU job on the Research Cluster. Doing so defeats the purpose of parallelization.
- Do not submit jobs on Curie directly. Always use the queue to submit jobs
If your job has crashed and you cannot clear it, please email Hieu Tran (tran at chem.wisc.edu) immediately so we can assist you and/or restore the queue.
Access
Remote users may access the research clusters only via Secure Shell Protocol (SSH) through Bohr. File transfer protocol (FTP) is also available. At present, Curie is still being configured. Please see our Remote Access page for more information.
Available Software
Currently, G03 and Linda are being tested on Curie for parallel computing tasks.
Hardware Configuration
File Server
- Processors: dual, Intel Pentium III, 800 MHz, 256 KB cache
- Memory: 1GB
- Operating System: Red Hat Linux 9.0
- Hard drives: 2 x 80 GB
Individual Nodes
There are a total of 20 nodes. Specifications are shown below.
- Processors: dual, Intel Pentium III, 800 MHz, 256 KB cache
- Memory: 1GB
- Operating System: Red Hat Linux 9.0
- Hard drives: 2 x 80 GB
Citation
If you have used the Curie cluster for your research, please visit our citations page.