[NLPL Task Force (A)] [usit-vd-rt] [rt.uio.no #3396801] newer CUDA versions on Abel

[Ole Saastad via RT]

We are planning to phase out the GPUs and Abel within just a few
months. The jurassic card in Abel should have been replaced (and is in
the form of modern ML nodes) many years ago.

We do not really want to upgrade any of the software on these cards,
which also are breaking up, they are past end of life many years ago.

The modern options are the ML nodes with 4x 2080Ti cards, the NIRD
serviceplatform with it's top of the line V100 cards and Saga (Abel
replacement) with it's P100 cards.

I suggest trying TensorFlow in the ml nodes, it's installed and work
nicely with outstanding performance.



Regards,
Ole







On Fri, 2019-05-03 at 09:59 +0200, Stephan Oepen via RT wrote:
> 2019-05-03 09:59:06: Request 3396801 was acted upon.
>  Transaction: Ticket created by oe
>        Queue: hpc-drift
>      Subject: newer CUDA versions on Abel
>        Owner: Nobody
>   Requestors: oe at ifi.uio.no
>       Status: new
>  Ticket <URL: https://rt.uio.no/Ticket/Display.html?id=3396801 >
> 
> 
> dear colleagues,
> 
> newer TensorFlow versions (which some of my NLPL users are
> requesting)
> require CUDA 9.2 or (most recently) 10.0.  could you make available
> both as modules on Abel?
> 
> in addition to CUDA, the current TensorFlow requirements include:
> 
> + CUPTI ships with the CUDA Toolkit.
> + cuDNN SDK (>= 7.4.1)
> 
> in the past, i believe the Abel CUDA modules have also included
> suitable versions of cuDNN, so maybe there is nothing worry about
> here?
> 
> with thanks in advance!  oe
> 
> 
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