Cluster Hardware
By: John Vidler
A (nearly) complete list of the equipment that currently (June 2026) makes up Hex.
Core Hypervisors
hex-hypervisor-001
80 Core Intel Xeon 6240 @ 2.59Ghz
2x RTX A5000 24GB
384GB RAM
2x 1TiB NVMe + 2x 4TiB HDD
10GB/s Fiber
Primerily tasked with the core virtual services to run the cluster, including the login node, the web services, and the ingress instance. Also hosts 2 RTX A5000 cards for IO-coupled jobs.
80 Core Intel Xeon 6240 @ 2.59Ghz
2x RTX A5000 24GB
384GB RAM
2x 1TiB NVMe + 2x 4TiB HDD
10GB/s Fiber
Services:
Status:
hex-hypervisor-001:
hex-hypervisor-002
96TiB ZRAID + 2
10GB/s Fiber
Primary storage hypervisor for the cluster, tasked with providing large-scale storage to the compute nodes and the virtual services
96TiB ZRAID + 2
10GB/s Fiber
Status:
hex-hypervisor-002:
The 'Core 11'
hex-host-001 - hex-host-011
20 core 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700
1x RTX A2000 12GB
32GB RAM
512-1024 GiB NVMe
1 GB/s Ethernet
The lower-end compute nodes of the cluster. High-availability nodes each with an RTX A2000.
20 core 12th Gen Intel Core i7-12700
1x RTX A2000 12GB
32GB RAM
512-1024 GiB NVMe
1 GB/s Ethernet
Services:
Status:
hex-host-001:
hex-host-002:
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The 'Extended 3'
hex-host-013 - hex-host-015
64 Core Intel Xeon Silver 4216 CPU @ 2.10GHz
RTX A5000 24GB
128GB RAM
512 GiB NVMe + 1 TiB NVMe
1 GB/s Ethernet
The high-end compute nodes of the cluster. High-availability nodes each with 3x RTX A5000 cards.
64 Core Intel Xeon Silver 4216 CPU @ 2.10GHz
RTX A5000 24GB
128GB RAM
512 GiB NVMe + 1 TiB NVMe
1 GB/s Ethernet
Services:
Status:
hex-host-013:
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