The Great Lakes Slurm cluster is a new, campus-wide computing cluster that will serve the broad needs of researchers across the university. The Great Lakes HPC Cluster has replaced Flux, the shared research computing cluster that currently serves over 300 research projects and 2,500 active users.

The Great Lakes HPC Cluster is available to all researchers on campus for simulation, modeling, machine learning, data science, genomics, and more. The platform provides a balanced combination of computing power, I/O performance, storage capability, and accelerators.

Based on extensive input from faculty and other stakeholders across campus, the Great Lakes HPC Cluster is designed to deliver similar services and capabilities as Flux, including access to GPUs and large-memory nodes and improved support for emerging uses such as machine learning and genomics. The Great Lakes HPC Cluster consists of approximately 13,000 cores.

Grant support

See the Grant Resources page for information regarding grant proposals using the Great Lakes HPC Cluster.

LSA-specific information

See the LSA funding page for information on funding courses at the College of Literature, Science, and the Arts. LSA researchers who do not have access to any other account may be eligible to use the accounts provided centrally by LSA. The usage policy and restrictions on these accounts is described in detail on the LSA’s public Great Lakes accounts page.

Questions about access or use of these accounts should be sent to arcts-support@umich.edu.

Student teams

See the Great Lakes Student Teams and Organizations page if your team requires HPC resources.

Use within courses

Learn how you can use Great Lakes in your course.

To establish a Slurm account for a class please contact us at
arcts-support@umich.edu with the following information:

  • Students to be put on the account
  • List of individuals to administer the account
  • Any limits to be placed on the either the users or the account as a whole

Please note: all students will need to have a user login to use the account and can via this form – https://arc-ts.umich.edu/login-request/

For technical support, email arcts-support@umich.edu.

User Guide
Slurm User Guide
Configuration
Rates
FAQ
Timeline
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Order Service

The Great Lakes service is in production as of January 6, 2020.

Complete this form to get a new Great Lakes cluster login.

If you would like to create a Great Lakes Cluster account or have any questions, contact arcts-support@umich.edu with lists of users, admins, and a shortcode. 30-day trial accounts are also available for new PIs and come with a $150 spending limit.