Vulcan
Vulcan is an AI-focused compute cluster featuring 205 standard compute nodes, each equipped with 64 CPU cores and 4 NVIDIA L40s GPUs, totaling 820 GPUs. It has a 5PB storage system combining NVMe flash and HDD for home, scratch, and project spaces, and uses 100Gbps Ethernet with RoCE for network interconnects. Internet access is not generally available from the compute nodes.
Access Requirements
Available to all researchers who are affiliated with a Canadian institution and have an active CCDB account.
CCDB Information:
Limited access is available to non-academic researchers.
Vulcan is currently open to Amii affiliated PIs with CCAI Chairs. Further access will be announced at a later date.
Globus account required.
Training and Documentation
Vulcan
Login node: vulcan.alliancecan.ca
Service Provider
Operated by Amii and University of Alberta. Hosted at University of Alberta as part of the Pan-Canadian AI Compute Environment (PAICE).