Viz Nodes

The Viz nodes provide a graphical desktop interface accessible through a web browser, allowing users to run visualization software and GUI-based applications directly on CRCD resources. They are intended for tasks such as data visualization, interactive analysis, and visual debugging.

For instructions on accessing the graphical Viz environment, see the Linux Desktop web portal documentation.

Specifications

Web URL Backend Hostname GPU Type GPU/Node Host Architecture Cores/Node Mem/Node Mem/Core Scratch Network
https://viz.crc.pitt.edu viz-n0.crc.pitt.edu GTX 1080 8GB 2 Intel Xeon E5-2680v4 (Broadwell) 28 256 GB 9.1 GB 1.6 TB SSD 10GbE
viz-n1.crc.pitt.edu RTX 2080 Ti 11GB 2 Intel Xeon Gold 6226 (Cascade Lake) 24 192 GB 8 GB 1.9 TB SSD 10GbE
  • Launch a desktop


    Start the graphical Linux desktop in your browser — how to access the Viz nodes.

    Linux Desktop Web Portal

  • Browser-based apps


    Run notebooks, RStudio, and other interactive apps through Open OnDemand.

    Open OnDemand

  • GUI on a compute node


    Forward a graphical application from an interactive Slurm session with X11.

    Interactive Jobs