Getting Access
Tempest has two tiers of access: a free-access tier, and a buy-in tier
Free Access Tier
Each PI or class at MSU is eligible for priority access to 256 CPUs, 1024GB of memory, and 2 GPUs (of which up to 1 can be an A100 GPU) for MSU research or instruction. In addition to this limited priority acces, all MSU researchers also recieve fairshare access to a portion of Tempest and premtible access to any idle resoruces. Availability of free tier resources is subject to change.
Buy-In Tier
Those who buy-in to Tempest receive resource allocations in addition to the free tier allocation. Buy-in supports the maintenance of the cluster. Each buy-in group receives absolute priority access to a resource allocation commensurate to their level of contribution in addition to the free access tier. Contributors also have the ability to "burst" priority workloads to 200% of their allocation (up to a $30,000 value in additional resources). Additionally, all Tempest users are able to run unlimited "unsafe" and "legacy" jobs on any resources not being used for priority jobs.
Resource |
$5000 |
$10000 |
$15000 |
$20000 |
$25000 |
$30000 |
CPUS |
85 |
170 |
255 |
340 |
425 |
510 |
A40 GPU |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
Memory |
340 Gb |
680 Gb |
1020 Gb |
1360 Gb |
1700 Gb |
2040 Gb |
Contributors also have the option to optimize their buy-in for either A40 or A100 GPUs. Those including tempest funding in grant proposals should list it as a line item under contracted services in the grant budget.
Over $30,000 resource allocation rates differ.
To learn more about buying-in to Tempest, email tempest-support@montana.edu.