Setonix Remote Visualisation
- Ali Zamani
- Jesse Helliwell
- Yathu Sivarajah
System Introduction
With the increasing amount of simulation data generated by current large-scale supercomputers, remote visualisation plays an important role in visualising such massive data sets without the need of transferring them from supercomputers back to the user’s local machines. This quick visualisation allows users to adjust their workflows without wasting time in downloading and visualising the data on their local machines. Specialised HPC servers with dedicated large-memory nodes and GPU's are employed at major supercomputing centres to support remote visualisation.
Service Highlights
- Accessed via web browser - no other application installation needed
- Works on all mobile and desktop platforms
- A booking is not required to use the service
- Direct high-speed access to all Setonix filesystems and Acacia
System Configuration
The Setonix remote visualisation partition contains 31 nodes with the following specifications:
| CPU | 2x AMD EPYC 7713 Milan CPU 64 cores, 2.0GHz base clock, 3.675GHz boost clock |
|---|---|
| RAM | 512GB ECC |
| Storage | 8TB NVME SSD |
| Interconnect | 200 Gb/s Slingshot interconnect |
| GPU | Nvidia A40 (Ampere) with 48 GB GDDR6 ECC Memory |
How to get access?
Access to Remote Visualisation service should be requested through help@pawsey.org.au. All users who have a current supercomputing allocation can request access to this service.