Caltech Resnick High Performance Computing Center

The Resnick High Performance Computing Center provides shared computing resources and support for research at Caltech — roughly 580 compute nodes, a mix of NVIDIA GPUs, and 4 PB of VAST storage on an InfiniBand fabric.

New here?

Start with our Quick Start Guide — you’ll be running jobs in about 15 minutes.

Featured Resources

Quick Start Guide

Get running in 15 minutes

Quick Start Guide

Example Job Scripts

Copy, tweak, and submit

Example Job Scripts

AI/ML Guide

PyTorch, TensorFlow, LLMs

AI & Machine Learning

Job Script Generator

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Cost Calculator

Estimate compute + storage costs

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Training

Self-study guides, external courses, and group tutorials on request

Training

Cite the HPC

Acknowledgment text + BibTeX

Citing the Resnick High Performance Computing Center

Popular Topics

SLURM Commands

Job scheduler reference

SLURM Commands

GPU Computing

H100s, V100s, CUDA

GPU Computing

File Transfer

SCP, Globus, SFTP

Transferring Files

Storage

Quotas and filesystems

Storage

Cluster at a Glance

Resource	Capacity
Compute Nodes	580+
CPU Cores	28,000+
GPUs	H100, H200, V100, P100, L40s
Storage	4 PB VAST
Interconnect	InfiniBand EDR/NDR

See also

Full specs on the Resources page.

Getting Help

• New users: Quick Start → Account Setup

• Running jobs: SLURM Commands → Example Scripts

• Troubleshooting: Troubleshooting Guide → FAQ

• Contact: Caltech Help System or help-hpc@caltech.edu