The ISC wiki - infra
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Backups architecture
Web services
Currently, the backups for the ISC Learn Moodle platform (hannibal server) and the other webservices (Marcellus server) are done on a NAS hosted in Energypolis, 23N312.
For Moodle, data retention is 3 years, with 12 monthly versions, for the current month 4 weekly versions + a daily backup for he last 7 days.text/html2025-11-10T12:38:33+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)calypso
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Calypso architecture
Physical Infrastructure
It is currently composed of the following machines :
* 1 DELL R740XD (Master)
* 15 DELL R630 (11 currently active)
* 3 DELL R630 (spares)
Network
Calypso is located in an isolated separate network inside the school. It can be accessed via atext/html2026-01-13T08:20:02+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)chacha
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Chacha
Memory info
* 1 TB total RAM
* 8 GB Swap
CPU infos
* INTEL(R) XEON(R) GOLD 6542Y
* Frequency 2.9 GHz
* Arch=x86_64
* CoresPerSocket=24
* CPUTot=96
* Sockets=2 Boards=1
* ThreadsPerCore=2
GPU infos
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 535.216.03 Driver Version: 535.216.03 CUDA Version: 12.2 |
|-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
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The ISC Computational Center
We are currently test driving a strategy for mutualizing computational resources within HEI. The current policy is therefore designed to be temporary and will evolve as we understand better the usage patterns and requirements of various users.text/html2026-01-13T08:19:47+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)disco
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Disco
Memory info
* 250 GB total RAM
* No Swap
CPU infos
* Intel(R) Xeon(R) Gold 5416S
* Frequency 2.0 GHz
* Arch=x86_64
* CoresPerSocket=16
* CPUTot=64
* Sockets=2 Boards=1
* ThreadsPerCore=2
GPU infos
+---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| NVIDIA-SMI 535.216.03 Driver Version: 535.216.03 CUDA Version: 12.2 |
|-----------------------------------------+----------------------+----------------------+
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Rumba architecture
Physical Infrastructure
* 1 DELL 7920
* 1 Gigabyte R282-Z92 AMD EPYC 7002
Network
Rumba is located in an isolated separate network inside the school. It can be accessed via a Wireguard VPN (ask the staff for access).
Inside this network you have a simple setup :text/html2026-07-10T17:05:08+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)staff
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The computing resources are managed by Prof. Dr. Pierre-André Mudry.text/html2024-12-12T06:50:43+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)start
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Infrastructure
The ISC degree programme provides different kinds of infrastructures for running computational workloads. The main provided elements are:
Teaching infrastructure
* Calypso : The students sandbox infrastucture hosted onsite
* Rumba : The ISC teachers tooling infrastructure hosted onsitetext/html2024-12-12T14:12:04+00:00Anonymous (anonymous@undisclosed.example.com)vps
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External VPS
We currently have 2 Virtual Private Server (VPS) hosted at Infomaniak.
* Hannibal is the VPS hosting the ISC Learn Moodle platform
* Marcellus is the legacy VPS hosting various services, such as
* XXX
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Wireguard access
How to access Calypso servers using Wireguard
The staff will provide you an access to the wireguard VPN, in the form of a configuration file named *wgXXX.conf*.
:!: Don't use the the same wireguard configuration on multiple computers at the same time!