High-performance computing

HPC Facilities and Expertise in Data Processing, Modelling, Simulation & Visualisation

Monash researchers have access to a range of High-performance Computing (HPC) facilities to support complex data processing, modelling, simulation and visualisation tasks. These include the Monash HPC Cluster M3 (Previously MASSIVE) and the Monash Research Cloud (Nectar).

Additionally,  eResearch provides specialist expertise in all aspects of scientific computing, including simulation, data processing, visualisation, and cloud computing.

M3 High-performance Computing (HPC)

M3 is an HPC cluster and is the third stage of MASSIVE. M3 allows researchers to process large amounts of complex data by parallelising their workloads across multiple computers.

M3 Suitable for data processing, especially image processing and analysis. Interactive visualisation: Including large-scale problems requiring multiple nodes for rendering. Modelling and simulation: particularly problems suited to GPU parallelisation

Contact: hpc@monash.edu
User Documentation: docs.erc.monash.edu/Compute/HPC/M3

Monash Research Cloud 

Monash Research Cloud (previously R@CMon) provides self-service computing and storage infrastructure supporting national research with a particular focus on the Clayton precinct. The Monash Research Cloud is one of eight nodes of the National eResearch Collaboration Tools and Resources Research Cloud (Nectar), with capital funding provided through Nectar by the Australian Commonwealth Government.

Contact: rcmon-support@monash.edu
User Documentation: docs.erc.monash.edu/Compute/ResearchCloud

Compute Partnerships

Monash eResearch has partnered with Australia’s Tier 1 Supercomputing facilities — the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre — to provide streamlined HPC access for Monash researchers. Through these partnerships, researchers at Monash can access national supercomputing resources without needing to apply through the National Computational Merit Allocation Scheme (NCMAS).  Learn more about eResearch compute partnerships here.

Monash NCI Allocation Scheme: Monash eResearch, in partnership with Science and Engineering Faculties, has established a scheme at the National Computing Infrastructure (NCI, https://nci.org.au/) for HPC services. The allocations provide access to the NCI Gadi HPC cluster and project data storage. The resources are available quarterly to researchers and HDR students through a competitive but lightweight application process.

To learn more about the Monash NCI Open Call process and important dates, check the eResearch User Documentation Portal.

Monash eResearch Joins the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre Champions Program, an advocacy and outreach initiative developed by Pawsey to engage with key members of Australia’s research community and accelerate scientific capability and discovery nationwide. One key benefit of this program is that it provides Monash researchers with access to Pawsey's Fast Track Access Scheme without having to apply through the annual National Merit Allocation Scheme.

To learn more about the Fast Track Allocation Scheme and how to apply, check the eResearch User Documentation Portal.

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Monash University researchers have access to world-class high-performance computing (HPC) resources via DUG technology.  DUG offers HPC as a Service (HPCaaS) — a fully supported, bare-metal compute and storage environment designed to accelerate large-scale data analysis, modelling, and simulation across disciplines.  

Access to this service involves a cost. Please contact Monash eResearch (hpc-partners@monash.edu) if you are interested in learning more about the process for accessing DUG Technology.