Invest in Kamiak
The Enhanced Condominium Model
The Kamiak cluster is managed under the general principles of condominium computing. Investors (individual researchers or groups of researchers) purchase compute nodes and storage from our service catalogue. These resources are then installed in Kamiak and administered by the Kamiak system administrators. Investors in the Kamiak cluster are guaranteed on-demand access to their purchase.
Additionally, unused compute resources are made available to the general user community through a backfill queue. However, this general access to resources can be preempted at any time by investors when they want to use the resources they have purchased. Investors are also given priority access to the backfill queue. The enhanced condominium model thus allows individual investigators or groups to access more computing resources than would be available by purchasing a stand-alone system.
Service Options
Customers may purchase between 1 and 10 nodes without prior approval. Customers wanting to purchase more than 10 nodes must get the approval of the CIRC Advisory Committee.
Customers may install and use any software needed. If installation assistance is required, an average lead time of 2-4 weeks should be expected.
Eligibility
Nodes and Storage may be purchased by any member of the WSU research community regardless of their geographical location or unit affiliation.
How to Order
If you would like to become an investor in Kamiak please visit our Service Desk.
Typically, new nodes are deployed within 6 weeks of clearing WSU purchasing.
Availability
Kamiak is designed to provide 24x7x365 availability with minimal unscheduled downtime. Maintenance windows, during which changes and enhancements to the system are made, are scheduled monthly. When maintenance tasks require Kamiak to be taken offline and job processing to halt, an announcement will be made at least 2 weeks prior to the window. See here for further information.
Service Catalogue
Standard Compute Nodes
Please note that these prices are estimates and are subject to change.
f you are planning on purchasing a node or applying for grant funding, please contact our Service Desk for up to date pricing and availability, or alternate configurations (e.g. different RAM configurations).