New South Wales
University of Technology Sydney
UTS is moving its research cluster to a new machine called Cetus. The older public hardware description belongs to the cluster being replaced, so this guide does not repeat those numbers as if they were Cetus.
Cetus
For UTS researchers who request access through eResearch.
UTS eResearch says the previous cluster documentation is being rewritten for Cetus, and that Cetus still uses the PBS queue system. PBS is the software that decides whose job runs next. Access is requested through a support form, not by logging in and hoping.
How to get it
- Read the Cetus note on the UTS eResearch HPC site.
- Request access with the eResearch support form. The published contact is eResearch-IT@uts.edu.au if the form is urgent.
- Use Cetus as a training ground for a larger NCI job, which is how UTS describes the service.
- Ask whether GPU nodes exist on Cetus before you plan an AI project around it. The GPU notes on the old pages describe the previous machine.
Nectar
Nectar local-member status was not on the list captured for this guide. A national allocation may still be possible.
Keep going
Check before you rely on this
- Cetus hardware size and GPU availability were not clearly published. The older ‘about 800 cores and V100 GPUs’ description is the machine being replaced.
- Nectar local-member status for UTS was not on the captured eligibility list.