CAEN provides assistance to the Michigan Engineering community with a variety of computing resources and encourages the use of the following three data centers to store servers. Please contact your departmental Engineering IT Support Staff for help with finding the recommended storage solution for your specific needs.
Note: if a High Performance computing hardware purchase is required, there are suitable environments available that can be used to store that hardware. If you will be using Lighthouse, hardware will need to be purchased through Advanced Research Computing (ARC).
Option 1: CoE Managed Data Center (SI North)
Contact: Please contact your departmental Engineering IT Support Staff for help with finding the recommended storage solution for your specific needs.
| Overview | 2,100 sq ft (North Campus) |
| Number of racks | 80 |
| Management | CAEN and CoE Facilities |
| Rack power | 3kW/rack |
| Backup power | No (rack UPS supplied by user) |
| Purpose | Low power-based research servers |
| Rack assignment | Contact SI-N Server Room Operations at [email protected] |
| Facility questions | Contact CoE facilities group at [email protected] |
| Data center access | Contact CoE facilities group at [email protected] |
| Usage agreement | Contact CoE facilities group at [email protected] |
| Costs | No rack or usage charge; special power requests may require a charge |
| Network capabilities | Standard connection speed – 1gig copper to every rack (Higher Speed Options – fiber connections available for speeds for 10gig, 25gig, 40gig and 100gig) |
Option 2: ITS-managed Data Centers
Contact: Please contact your departmental Engineering IT Support Staff for help with finding the recommended storage solution for your specific needs. Refer to the Michigan Academic Computing Center (MACC) website to learn more about ITS-managed Data Centers.
| Overview | 10,000 sq ft (south end of athletic campus) |
| Rack power options | 2,4,6,12 kW/rack |
| Backup power | Yes (Flywheel/Generator) |
| Purpose | Production servers and GPU-based research computing systems |
| Facility questions and rack assignment | Contact ITSCom DCO Services at 734-763-4000, and initiate a request for the Data Center Engineering team. You can also initiate a request by contacting the ITS Service Center or by opening a TDX request and assigning it to ITS Data Center Engineering. |
| Data center access | Refer to the ITS Data Center Access page for details |
| Usage agreement | Refer to the MACC website for details |
| Costs | Refer to the MACC Rates & Billing page for details; faculty/department pays rack rental; CoE pays utilities |
| Network capabilities | Refer to the MACC Rates & Billing page for details; faculty/department pays rack rental; CoE pays utilities |
Option 3: High Performance Computing hardware locations
Contact: Please contact your departmental Engineering IT Support Staff for help with finding the recommended storage solution for your specific needs. Refer to the Lighthouse website to learn more about High Performance Computing hardware locations.
More Information
General questions about the data center options on campus can be sent to [email protected].