The systems group maintains several general purpose compute servers for teaching and research.
General Use
The following machines are available from the internet without a VPN connection through SSH. This means you can be either on or off-campus and still access these machines.
linux.eecs.tufts.edu is intended for general remote access.
homework.eecs.tufts.edu is a cluster of virtual machines setup just like computers used in most classrooms. It is intended for — as the name suggests — homework assignments.
Compute
The following machines are only available from the EECS network or with a VPN connection through SSH. This means you must be on the EECS network to access these machines, or be given explicit access to our VPN.
red-giant is a large compute server that is used mostly for research purposes. It is a Dell PowerEdge R815 with 64 Cores and 128Gb of RAM. It runs RHEL 7.
quasar is our newest compute server. It is a Dell PowerEdge R750xa with 64 cores, 512Gb of RAM, and three nVidia A30 GPUs, each partitioned into four instances. It runs RHEL 8.
Personal
VMware – EECS systems offers custom virtual machines for Faculty and Graduate needs. Please email staff@eecs.tufts.edu with any questions or requests.
Amazon Web Services (AWS)
The EECS Systems group has setup infrastructure to allow for the use of AWS instances which range from simple data hosting to extreme computational needs. These are provided for very specific requests that cannot be fulfilled by aforementioned resources. Please contact staff@eecs.tufts.edu for details.
Storage
We understand that many of your simulations/programs/etc may require the creation/use of large amounts of data.
For these purposes, we have allocated a /data partition on each of the aforementioned compute servers. Data placed in this location will remain here unless untouched for a period of 30 days, which after it is permanently deleted. Please use this space as needed, but remember that it is shared space for all users.