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Dept of Computer Science

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Which machines can I use?

Last updated: December 5th, 2023 03:15 PM

Several UNIX machines are available as the department's general use compute servers.

The Elements Cluster
For linux, please connect to elements.cs.pitt.edu.  This will connect you to to one of the multi-processor servers in the elements cluster. The machines in the cluster are:

HostnameProcessorsMemoryArchitectureOS RevKernel
aluminumDual Quad-Core 2.33GHz Xeons16GB RAM64-bit LinuxCentOS 6.102.6
seleniumDual Quad-Core 2.33GHz Xeons16GB RAM64-bit LinuxCentOS 6.102.6
hydrogenDual Dual-Core 3.6GHz Xeons12GB RAM64-bit LinuxCentOS 7.63.10
oxygenDual Dual-Core 3.6GHz Xeons12GB RAM64-bit LinuxCentOS 7.63.10
nitrogenDual Dual-Core 3.6GHz Xeons12GB RAM64-bit LinuxCentOS 7.63.10
rheniumDual Hyper-Threaded Quad-Core 2.93GHz Xeons96GB RAM64-bit LinuxCentOS 7.63.10
nickelDual Hyper-Threaded Six-Core 3.33GHz Xeons96GB RAM64-bit LinuxCentOS 7.63.10
neodymiumDual Hyper-Threaded Six-Core 3.33GHz Xeons96GB RAM64-bit LinuxCentOS 7.63.10
neptuniumDual Hyper-Threaded Six-Core 3.33GHz Xeons96GB RAM64-bit LinuxCentOS 7.73.10
germaniumDual Hyper-Threaded Eight-Core 2.3GHz Xeons128GB RAM64-bit LinuxCentOS 6.92.6