The Neuronix HPC cluster: Cluster management using free and open source software tools

One of the most notable impacts of computing advancements over the last few decades has been the decentralization of resources. As the cost of computer hardware continues to decrease, significant computational power continues to become more accessible to the consumer market. Similar to personal computing, this phenomenon has also enabled the growth of low-cost high-performance computing (HPC) (e.g., desktop supercomputers). Combined with advances in computational statistics and machine learning, HPC systems can now accommodate computationally expensive research using consumer-grade hardware.