SKA Science Data Challenge 2¶
The IAA-CSIC proto-SRC has offered computing resources for the 2nd SKA Science Data Challenge (SDC2). For more information on how to participate visit:
https://sdc2.astronomers.skatelescope.org
If your team has been allocated to the IAA-CSIC proto-SRC resource, please email ska-itsupport 'at'
iaa.csic.es to get access.
Virtual machine flavors¶
Here we show the flavors offered for the SDC2:
| Flavor Name | vCPUs | RAM | Root Disk | Additional block storage |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| sdc2.c16m64 | 16 | 64 GB | 100 GB | 2 TB |
| sdc2.c32m128 | 32 | 128 GB | 100 GB | 2 TB |
Info
We will support either 3 teams with the sdc2.c16m64 or 2 teams with the sdc2.c32m128 flavor.
Storage configuration¶
The storage on the virtual machine has been configured the following way:
- There is a 2TB scratch area in:
/mnt/scratch/sdc2 - The SDC2 datacube is available in:
/mnt/sdc2-datacube/sky_full.fits(read-only)