The information below describes the defaults for working in GCE. Exceptions to the defaults or quotas can be requested by CELS users only via [email protected]. Users outside CELS are limited to the defaults (and no project space) unless sponsored by a CELS user or project.
Desktop, login, and compute nodes
- Ubuntu LTS.
- Currently 18.04, Ubuntu 20.04 will be available by mid 2020.
- Network software managed by Modules (Lmod)
Home directories
- /home/username or /nfs/gce/homes/username
- Quota 50GB
- Permissions 700 (drwx——)
Project/Group/Shared directories
- /nfs/gce/projects/projectname
- Default quota 100GB
- Permissions 2770 (drwxrws—)
- Only available for CELS projects
Shell
- /bin/bash
- /bin/zsh
- /bin/tcsh
Default Desktop Hardware
- 2019
- Dell Precision 3430
- Intel Core i3-8100, 4 Core, 6MB Cache, 3.6GHz w/ HD Graphics 630
- 8GB DDR4 2666MHz
- 1Gbit ethernet
Compute Node (standard)
- 2X Intel Xeon Gold 6130 CPU @ 2.10GHz
- 192GB DDR4 2666 MHz Memory (12x16GB Modules)
- 1Gbit ethernet
More complete list of GCE compute nodes coming soon.