Queensland
Queensland University of Technology
QUT’s high-performance computer is called Lyra. It is in a Brisbane data centre. Access is not turned on automatically for every QUT login.
Lyra
For QUT researchers after the account is enabled. It is not automatic.
A QUT eResearch guide from August 2024 describes Lyra as roughly 150 compute nodes, about 10,000 CPUs, 88 TB of memory, and 20 petabytes of storage. Those figures are a year old. You connect over the network with your QUT username after access is enabled.
How to get it
- Ask QUT IT to enable HPC access. The 2024 guide says to use the IT helpdesk and search for HPC. A QUT username alone is not enough.
- Once enabled, connect with the secure shell instructions in the QUT HPC guide.
- Keep your code in the home folder, and use the shared work area when other people on the project need the files.
- Treat the 2024 hardware numbers as a guide, not a quote.
Nectar
This university is on the Nectar member list captured for local allocations.
Keep going
Check before you rely on this
- Lyra’s size is from a guide updated 30 August 2024.
- A current public GPU inventory for Lyra was not verified, so GPU jobs should be confirmed with QUT eResearch.