Cheaha Supercomputer
UAB IT Research Computing maintains the Cheaha Supercomputer. Named after the Cheaha mountain, or Mount Cheaha, the highest natural point in Alabama. Cheaha is currently the largest and fastest supercomputer in the state of Alabama with a theoretical throughput of approximately 528 TFLOPS and consists of over 3500 CPU cores and 72 NVIDIA-P100 GPU’s. Cheaha is supported by a high-speed parallel filesystem that can store 6 PB of data (raw) interconnected by a high speed infiniband network.
Cheaha is a campus resource dedicated to enhancing research computing productivity at UAB. UAB researchers use Cheaha for wide variety of research such as genomics, neuro-imaging, machine learning, statistical genetics, cancer detection etc. Cheaha is available to members of the UAB community in need of increased computational capacity.
Reduced Time
Saves time by accelerating complex simulations from weeks to just a few hours, thereby significantly expediting research and development processes.
Accelerated Pipelines
Leverages parallel processing, optimized algorithms, and specialized hardware to significantly reduce the time required for data analysis, transformation, and visualization.
Image Processing
Distributes computational workloads across multiple processors, enabling real-time analysis and enhancing the quality of results in applications like medical imaging, remote sensing, and video analytics.
Easy Access
Use Jupyter notebooks, R, and other analytical tools on the cluster through your web browser. See our documentation
Storage
There are multiple locations for data storage both on and off Cheaha each with a specific purpose. We assist you in identifying the storage platform that best suits your specific use-case requirements.See this page for details.
Request an Account
These instructions are for researchers at UAB to request their own accounts on Cheaha using the Open OnDemand web portal.
Navigate to https://rc.uab.edu, authenticate with your UAB credentials. Once you submit your BlazerID and full name will already be filled in based on your authentication credentials. Please fill out a reason for needing a Cheaha account and press Create Account. Your account should be created and ready to use. Cheaha does not support use of uabmc emails and identities for login credentials. In order to use Cheaha, you will need either a Blazer ID or access through XIAS.
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