The University of Iowa Argon HPC system allows users to purchase or rent dedicated compute node capacity for their groups.

Below are the compute node configurations which were available to purchase as part of the Argon Phase 3 expansion.

Installation of Phase 3 nodes began in October 2019 and purchases ended in July 2023.

Specifications

  • 112 Compute Slots
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6330@2.0GHz (Turbo up to 3.1GHz)
  • DDR4-3200
  • 1TB SSD
  • 100Gbps InfiniBand EDR
  • 10Gb Ethernet
System Configurations Available for Non-GPU Capable Nodes
Option Name Memory
Low Memory 128GB
Standard Memory 256GB
Mid Memory 512GB
High Memory 1TB
Very High Memory 2TB

Specifications

  • 112 Compute Slots
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6330@2.0GHz (Turbo up to 3.1GHz)
  • DDR4-3200
  • 1TB SSD
  • 100Gbps InfiniBand EDR
  • 10Gb Ethernet
Memory Options for GPU-Capable Compute Nodes
Option Name Memory
Low Memory 128GB
Standard Memory 256GB
Mid Memory 512GB
High Memory 1TB
These configurations do not include GPU cards.
Please refer to the GPU Cards section below for card options.

GPU Card Options
Card Name Memory
Nvidia A10 24GB
Nvidia A30 24GB
Nvidia A40 (PCIe & HGX) 48GB
Nvidia A100 (PCIe & HGX) 40GB
Nvidia A100 80GB
Nvidia 2080 Ti  
Nvidia RTX 8000  
Nvidia 3080/3090 Ti