HPC and data services for industry

On-demand HPC straight to your desktop

We offer direct, secure access to our highperformance computing and data resources.

EPCC provides an on-demand HPC service that brings leading edge supercomputing capability directly to your desktop. Through a simple internet connection you gain cost-effective access to an impressive range of world class high-performance computing (HPC) resources, such as ARCHER 2, Cirrus, and the Edinburgh International Data Facility. Our on-demand HPC service is targeted at engineers and scientists solving complex simulation and modelling problems in fields such as bioInformatics, computational biology, computational chemistry, computational fluid dynamics, finite element analysis, life sciences and earth sciences. How it works Once set up with access to our on-demand HPC service you choose how much resource to use and when. Users have complete control over managing their project resources – jobs, disk space, and archiving. This usage model is based on pay-per-use service and provides an excellent alternative to purchasing expensive HPC hardware. The service can be used to satisfy contingency and peak demand requirements. Our on-demand service provides direct, secure access to EPCC’s HPC platforms, delivering the highest levels of performance. The highest levels of data security are provided, and the service is administered directly by you using a range of administration and reporting functions. The service is fully supported with an integrated help desk. EPCC support staff are also available to help with usage problems such as compiling codes and running jobs. Access to further technical support is readily available via our large Applications Group with a breadth of software development experience across HPC disciplines including expertise in parallel and distributed computing (using MPI, Open-MP and Web services) that is internationally recognised. Our software developers program on Linux, Windows and in various Unix environments using .NET, Fortran, C, C++, Java, XML, Perl, Python, R, and numerous other languages. For more information please contact EPCC’s Commercial Manager, Thomas Blyth: t.blyth@epcc.ed.ac.uk

Thomas Blyth, EPCC t.blyth@epcc.ed.ac.uk

Access to our systems enables a significant competitive advantage for our partners, and our highly experienced staff bring a wide range of expertise to important areas of HPC & data science research and development.