HPC Centre
Taltech High Performance Computing Centre (HPC Centre) manages and develops the hardware and software resources required for large-scale scientific computing, provides access to the LUMI supercomputer, and supports researchers in conducting computationally intensive science.
The cluster service is accessed using Uni-ID. To obtain access rights, the user must be added to the HPC group — to do so, please send an email to [email protected] or fill out the form in the TalTech helpdesk portal.
Resources
base.hpc.taltech.ee cluster the centre's newest compute cluster consists of 33 servers:
- 29 CPU servers (40 cores/80 threads, 96 GB RAM)
- 1 server with Nvidia A100 40 GB cards (128 cores/256 threads, 1 TB RAM, 8×A100)
- 1 server with Nvidia A100 80 GB cards (128 cores/256 threads, 2 TB RAM, 8×A100)
- 2 servers with Nvidia L40 48 GB cards (64 cores/128 threads, 1.5 TB RAM, 2×L40)
The cluster also has a graphical user interface: https://ondemand.hpc.taltech.ee
For more information, see the user guides: https://docs.hpc.taltech.ee
OpenStack for virtual machine creation The cloud solution is accessed through the ETAIS self-service portal at https://minu.etais.ee/
The cloud consists of:
5 compute servers (nova)
120 TB CephFS shared storage
User guide: https://docs.hpc.taltech.ee/cloud.html
For any questions, please contact us: send an email to [email protected] or fill out the form in the TalTech helpdesk portal.
Price List
TalTech HPC cluster
| Resource | Unit | Standard price | EU project price |
| CPUcore & < 6 GB RAM | CPUcore*hour | 0.008 EUR | 0.007 EUR |
| CPUcore & > 6 GB RAM | 6 GB RAM*hour | 0.008 EUR | 0.007 EUR |
| GPU | GPU*hour | 0.62 EUR | 0.54 EUR |
| Storage | 1 TB*hour | 0.007 EUR | 0.006 EUR |
LUMI supercomputer
| Resource | Unit | Standard price | EU project price |
| CPUcore | CPUcore*hour | 0.008 EUR | 0.007 EUR |
| GPU | GPU*hour | 0.35 EUR | 0.28 EUR |
| User home directory | 20 GB | free | free |
| Project storage (persistent and scratch) | TB*hour | 0.0106 EUR | 0.008 EUR |
| Flash based scratch storage | TB*hour | 10 x 0.0106 EUR | 10 x 0.008 EUR |
Virtual server hosting
| Resource | Unit | Standard price | EU project price |
| CPU | CPU*hour | 0.002 EUR | 0.002 EUR |
| Memory | RAM*hour | 0.001 EUR | 0.001 EUR |
| Storage | TB*hour | 0.03 EUR | 0.025 EUR |
Administrator service
| Resource | Unit | Standard price | EU project price |
| Administrator service | hour | 56 EUR | 49 EUR |
For parties outside TalTech, 24% VAT is added to the prices.
The price list also applies to students. Invoices related to students are paid by the faculty where the student studies or by the institute that supervises the respective course, student project, or thesis.