Q1 - What is ‘Magus’ - HPCC?

‘Magus’ is SNU’s High Performance Computing cluster, designed to facilitate the computing needs of research projects and complex computing simulations undertaken at the University.

The key attributes of SNU HPC cluster are:

• ~ 30 TeraFlops of Theoretical Peak Performance
• Total of 62 Compute Nodes
• 30 Nextscale Nodes with latest Intel Hashwell Processors
• 8 High Frequency Nodes with 256 GB RAM.
• 50 TB of shared GPFS.
• Hybrid Fast Interconnect, using Infiniband QDR(40Gbps) and FDR14(56Gbps)

Q2 - How do I get an account on the HPC?

To request a new Account on Magus please visit the below link:

• http://hpc.snu.edu.in/hpcAccount/

Q3 - How can I get more information on 'Magus' - SNU HPCC?

Please visit HPC Wiki page available on SNU Intranet:

SNU HPC Wiki page

You can also contact HPC Admin for specific compute needs or write to IT Helpdesk