Tempest Research Cluster

Overview

Tempest is a High Performance Computing (HPC) research cluster at MSU and the largest supercomputer in Montana. Tempest features powerful high-memory compute systems, GPUs, a fast storage system, support for long-running workloads, and an interactive web interface with graphical desktops, RStudio, JupyterLab, file transfer,  and easy workload submission functionality . RCI provides training and full support for the Tempest HPC system. Tempest is available via a buy-in model with a free access tier for all MSU researchers and instructors. 

Tempest accounts can be requested by completing the New User Request Survey

Instructors can request Tempest access for a class by completing the New Class Request Survey 

RCI offers open office hours in Renne 324 each Wednesday from 2:00 pm to 4:00 pm, and Thursday from 10:00 am to 1:00 pm. Stop by for assistance with any of our services! 

RCI offers a Tempest training session on the third Thursday of every month from 10:00 am to 11:00 am in Renne 324. This can be used as both an introduction to getting started on Tempest or a refresher if you haven't used it recently.

Documentation

Getting Started

Tempest has two tiers of acess: a free-access tier and a buy-in tier. Documentation below shows how to gain access to Tempest and get started with moving your workflow onto Tempest.

• Accessing Tempest
• Tempest Quick Start Guide
• Using Tempest Web
• Using Tempest Shell
• Tempest Frequently Asked Questions

Software

Our software documentation covers more specific examples of complex software examples, different workflows on Tempest, and more general documentation for specific software.

• Tempest Examples
• Tempest Workflows
• Software Specific Documentation

System Information

Tempest is comprised of 12,264 logical CPU cores, 52 GPUs, 55.9 TB of memory, and 600 TB of all-flash storage.

A more detailed description of the cluster along with the funding sources for Tempest can be found below.

• System Specs
• System Partition Table
• Funding

Citation

All Tempest users are requested to cite Tempest and RCI in publications resulting from research involving computational work performed on the system. Please use the following for citation purposes when referring to the use of Tempest computing resources in your research: 

Computational efforts were performed on the Tempest High Performance Computing System, operated and supported by University Information Technology Research Cyberinfrastructure (RRID:SCR_026229) at Montana State University.

Support

 To learn more about buying-in to Tempest or to receive technical support, email tempest-support@montana.edu.