AI-LAB under the hood

AI-LAB combines specialized hardware and software to deliver high-performance computing for AI workloads.

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🖥️ Hardware Overview

Component	Description
Login Nodes	2 nodes for connecting and submitting jobs
Compute Nodes	11 powerful machines with GPUs
GPUs	NVIDIA L4 GPUs (8 per node, 24 GB memory each)
Storage	Central networked storage via Ceph

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⚙️ Software Stack

Layer	Tool	Purpose
Scheduler	Slurm	Manages compute resources and queues
Containers	Singularity	Isolates applications and dependencies

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