Compute services
1. Linux container
We offer pre-defined Linux container configurations for general purpose services as well as for high performance computing.
New containers need to be requested via Self-Service Portal. They are semi-automatically provisioned usually within 24 hours during work days after requesting them. All containers are available at no cost for both students and staff members.
Since containers are managed systems, user do not have root level access but can use sudo to install packages from the Debian repository and do a few other things.
Note: docker is not compatible to the PaaS containers we provide based on systemd-nspawn. Means you will not be able to run docker inside them.
In 2026 we will provide IaaS VMs on OpenStack which will allow to use docker on self-managed systems.
Regular containers use the following shared hardware ressources:
- 128 CPU Threads (2x Xeon 6530P)
- 512 GB RAM
- 7TB local SSD scratch space
- Multi-TB permanent network attached storage
- 50 Gbit/s Network
- IPv4 and IPv6
HPC containers use the following shared hardware ressources:
- 288 CPU Threads (2x Xeon 6780E)
- 2 TB RAM
- 5TB local SSD scratch space
- Multi-TB permanent network attached storage
- 50 Gbit/s Network
- IPv4 and IPv6