ADA
In production since 27 September 2021, it is the smaller of the two machines and is composed of 71 nodes. Built on OpenStack (version Zed) can host virtual machines up to 96 vCPUs.
The HPC cloud infrastructure, named ADA, is built using OpenStack (version Zed).
Note
It is possible to access ADA via Horizon Dashboard at https://adacloud.hpc.cineca.it
For CLI access:
the certificate chain can be downloaded here
ADA certificatecheck that the version installed is 6.5 or 6.6 with openstack –version command. With greater versions some commands might not work.
Openstack Overview Operative ManualSystem architecture
Hardware Details
Type |
Specific |
|---|---|
Models |
Dual-socket Dell PowerEdge |
Nodes |
71 Interactive OpenStack Nodes |
Processors |
2xCPU Intel CascadeLake 8260 24 cores 2.4GHz with hyperthreading |
Cores |
48 cores/node |
RAM |
768 GB |
Internal Network |
100Gbs Ethernet interconnection |
Storage (raw) |
2TB SSD |
Disks and Filesystems
1 PB NVMe/SSD Ceph Storage
This cloud infrastructure is tightly connected both to the LUSTRE storage of 20 PB raw capacity, and to the GSS storage of 6 PB seen by all other infrastructure.
System timeline
05 Aug 2021: Early Availability
01 Sept 2021: Start of Pre-Production
27 Sept 2021: Start of Production
Configuration Details
Instance Flavors
On ADA, users can choose from a variety of instance flavors. Each flavor type is designed to cater to specific use cases and workloads, providing different combinations of vCPUs, RAM and disk space.
Flavor Name |
vCPUs |
RAM (GB) |
Disk (GB) |
Available |
|---|---|---|---|---|
fl.ada.xxs |
1 |
7.5 |
10 |
Yes |
fl.ada.xs |
2 |
15 |
30 |
Yes |
fl.ada.s |
4 |
30 |
30 |
Yes |
fl.ada.m |
8 |
60 |
30 |
Yes |
fl.ada.l |
16 |
120 |
30 |
Yes |
fl.ada.xl |
24 |
180 |
30 |
On-demand |
fl.ada.xxl |
48 |
360 |
30 |
On-demand |
fl.ada.full |
96 |
720 |
30 |
On-demand |
Instance Images
On ADA, users can choose from a variety of instance Images.
Image Name |
Information |
Default User |
Default Access |
|---|---|---|---|
CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud-2009 |
CentOS-7-x86_64-GenericCloud-2009.qcow2, last modified 2020-11-12 Source |
centos |
SSH keypair |
CentOS-8-GenericCloud-8.4.2105-20210603.0.x86_64 |
CentOS-8-GenericCloud-8.4.2105-20210603.0.x86_64, last modified 2021-06-03 Source |
centos |
SSH keypair |
CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-8-20220913 |
CentOS-Stream-GenericCloud-8-20220913.x86_64, last modified 2022-09-13 Source |
centos |
SSH keypair |
Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver) |
Ubuntu server 18.04 (Bionic Beaver) LTS for cloud Source |
ubuntu |
SSH keypair |
Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS (Focal Fossa) |
focal-server-cloudimg-amd64.img, last modified 2021-07-20 Source |
ubuntu |
SSH keypair |
Ubuntu Server 21.04 (Hirsute Hippo) |
hirsute-server-cloudimg-amd64.img, last modified 2021-07-20 Source |
ubuntu |
SSH keypair |
Ubuntu Server 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) |
jammy-server-cloudimg-amd64.img, last modified 2022-09-02 Source |
ubuntu |
SSH keypair |
Ubuntu Server 24.04 LTS (Noble Numbat) |
noble-server-cloudimg-amd64.img, last modified 2025-03-13 Source |
ubuntu |
SSH keypair |
Rocky Linux 8.9 |
File description: https://wiki.rockylinux.org/rocky/image/#about-cloud-images Source |
rocky |
SSH keypair |
Rocky Linux 9.3 |
File description: https://wiki.rockylinux.org/rocky/image/#about-cloud-images Source |
rocky |
SSH keypair |
Rocky Linux 9.4 |
File description: https://wiki.rockylinux.org/rocky/image/#about-cloud-images Source |
rocky |
SSH keypair |
Debian 12 generic 64-bit AMD/Intel |
debian-12-generic-amd64.qcow2 Source |
debian |
SSH keypair |
External Network
On ADA, the following external network is available:
Network Name |
Description |
|---|---|
|
External network |
Storage (Cinder Volumes)
On ADA, the following Storage types are available for Cinder Volumes:
Volume Type |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Generic cinder volume |
|
Encrypted cinder volume |
Shared filesystem (Manila Shares)
On ADA, the following Shares types are available:
Share type |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Uses NFS protocol |
|
Uses CephFS protocol |
We suggest the users that need a shared filesystem to use the generic type.
Load Balancers
On ADA, users can deploy a Load balancer using the Octavia service. This allows for distributing incoming network traffic across multiple instances, improving the availability and scalability of applications.