You, as a user, see the HPC Cloud as a virtualising environment where you can build your own cluster (IaaS paradigm). We describe here the hardware specifications of the physical environment. In principle you should not worry about these as an end-user, because you do not have direct contact with the hardware.
Up to 64 cores with 248 GB RAM.
Up to 40 cores with 2 TB RAM.
900 TB Ceph object storage (x3 redundant) on 10 Gbit network per storage node, with SSD caching.
An up to date hardware specification is available in a cloud documentation page.
The SURFsara Data Archive allows the user to safely archive up to petabytes of valuable research data.
Persistent identifiers (PIDs) ensure the findability of your data. SURFsara offers a PID provisioning service in cooperation with the European Persistent Identifier Consortium (EPIC).
B2SAFE is a robust, secure and accessible data management service. It allows common repositories to reliably implement data management policies, even in multiple administrative domains.
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