Scope

This page contains general information about RDS

Purpose of RDS

RDS offers users access to high performance computing infrastructure running windows server operating systems. This provides a graphical interface similar to what users are using on windows desktop systems. It lives between a "normal" desktop computer and high performance computing clusters like Euler.
The goal is to offer users computing power without the learning curve of a command line interface and also is able to run most windows programs.  

Hardware

RDS is hosted on Polycloud at ETH on Premise Datacenter, some VM's are hosted in Centrum and others at Hönggerberg. This includes the core node and scientific application server, the Matlab and Office remote application server, and the Scientifice-Remote application server.

Below you can find some specs if you are interested.

Maintenance

RDS has a fixed maintenance schedule with about four hours of downtime each month. This usually happens on the second Sunday of the month between 17:00 and 21:00. 

Unscheduled downtime can happen but is usually communicated at least 3 days before it takes place.

VM Ressources

The Total Ressources for RDS over Polycloud are

400vCPU's, 3.5TB Memory and 20TB Disk Space.

CPU: Currently the CPU Model is: Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 6442Y

Session Hosts

Scientific Application Servers

6 Sessions hosts with the following specifications:

  • CPU: 24 Cores
  • RAM: 256 GB
  • SSD: 1TB C: Drive, 500GB Scratch E: Drive
  • Geolocation

Matlab Servers

2 Sessions hosts with the following specifications:

  • CPU: 18 Cores
  • RAM: 256GB
  • SSD: 500GB C: Drive
  • Geolocation

Standard Servers

Standard session hosts for Departement/Institute specific needs and/or remote apps

Specifications:

  • CPU: 8 Cores
  • RAM: 32GB
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