Grant Proposal
Introduction
This page has been created as a quick reference which gathers all the available resources in a single location for the purposes of writing Grant Proposals. If you see an outdated resource or a missing resource please contact techstaff@cs.vt.edu.
Resources Available in the Department
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CSRVM
To facilitate wide ranging research activities, some of the major services provided by the department include a Computer Science Research Virtual Machine cluster (CSRVM) which has the flexibility to create multi-core large scale VM's in a matter of minutes.
- Hardware:
- Nodes: 9
- Cores: 64
- Ram: 512GB
- Network: 10GB low latency SFP+ back-end network interconnecting each node
- Storage: 91 terabytes of dedicated disk storage.
- Nodes: 9
GPUVM
- Hardware:
- Nodes: 10
- Cores: At least 40
- Ram: At least 192GB
- GPU's: Multiple Nvidia P40 and T4's
- Network: 10GB low latency SFP+ back-end network interconnecting each node
- Storage: Dedicated CEPH shared file system
- Nodes: 10
Systems Cluster
In addition, Computer Science has a ten (10) node homogeneous cluster, dedicated to systems research.
- Hardware:
- Nodes: 10 (Homogeneous)
- Cores: 48 (Intel)
- RAM: 256GB
- Network: 10GB interconnected Nodes and Storage
- Storage: 73TB
- Nodes: 10 (Homogeneous)
Secure Server Room & Graduate Area
The Computer Science department has a secure, modern, climate-controlled server room. The room is equipped with numerous sensors, controls, and backup systems to ensure all servers are continuously operating at peak performance. In addition, there is a separate secure, climate-controlled workspace for graduate students to work directly with servers and equipment, if appropriate.