Project Status: In Progress
Project Manager: Randy Gadell, rgadell@wustl.edu
To build central IT infrastructure and services that allow the WashU Researcher to focus on their research instead of acquisition and support of their own IT infrastructure. This multi-year project will design, implement, and support a high-performance computing platform for WashU researchers.
- Develop, design, implement, and support the advanced IT compute infrastructure in a platform-as-a-service model
- Implement high-performance processor-based (HPC) compute services with 5,000 Intel cores
- Develop high-performance GPU (cuda core) compute services with 500,000 NVidia GPUs
- Implement 300TB of high-performance solid-state storage for fast program execution (scratch space)
- Implement a 300Gb compute to storage network
- Integrate storage services and compute services and research web services
| Milestones | Completion Date |
| Start Research Compute Services Project (Funded) | December 2018 |
| Develop design and statement of work | March 2019 |
| Issue RFP to vendors | April 2019 |
| Select system and vendor | May 2019 |
| Issue orders and contract approvals | June 2019 |
| Deliveries | June – August 2019 |
| Installation | August – September 2019 |
| Testing and Pilots | October – December 2019 |
| Early Adopters | January 2020 |
| Phase2 Start | March 2020 |
| Phase 2 Purchases -Additional CPU Servers -Two NVidia DGX A100 GPU Servers -Network, Storage, Software Enhancements | July-August 2020 |
| Training for Principle Investigators and Staff | On-going |
| General Availability | September 2020 |
Core Team
| Team Member | Title | Role |
| James Fitzpatrick, Ph.D. | Professor of Neuroscience | Chair of Infrastructure and Applications Subcommittee |
| Randy Gadell | Project Manager | Program / Project Manager |
| Craig Pohl | Senior Director, RIS | Technical Lead |