UVic’s Arbutus computer network has about three million users.
In the windowless, nearly air-sealed building at the University of Victoria that houses the supercomputer network known as Arbutus, the roar of hundreds of fans makes conversation difficult.
“Working back there is very unpleasant and you don’t want to do it for long,” he said. “Data centres are a very particular building. They’re made to keep computers happy, not people.” Established in 2015, Arbutus accounts for 80 per cent of Canadian research cloud computing capacity. The on-demand network hosts virtual machines and cloud computing workloads for a wide range of projects.
Randall Sobie, director of the Victoria Subatomic Physics and Accelerator Research Centre, whose research ranks among the supercomputer’s heaviest users, said the upgrade will likely double or triple its capacity. “You don’t have to buy or upfront equipment … you can basically get a virtual machine with everything built in and just start running right up, immediately,” he said.
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