CSLab Application Servers vs. Compute Servers
CSLab has two classes of department-wide servers; we call them Application Servers and Compute Servers, with current DNS names of apps0.cs and apps1.cs for application servers, and multiple naming conventions for comps servers including compsN.cs and various comps machines available through our slurm cluster head node. The slurm cluster page has more information.
The apps servers are designated as login machines, and general-purpose computing such as email clients, web browsers, and varied applications. They are not designed for high-end computation or software development. These machines provide a general set of applications with some development software installed.
The comps servers are designated as high-end computing platforms, supporting software development and Matlab. GPU node compute machines are intended to be used only for computing which hinges on the use of the specialized GPUs in the machines.