Biowulf High Performance Computing at the NIH

Biowulf Statistics


96,000
processor cores


665
Principal Investigators (labs)





2558
active users





18
new users per week


in 2024
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1+ Billion
CPU hours used in 2024
1999
Biowulf started with 40
'boxes on shelves'

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1000+
biomedical applications
installed and updated in 2024



30+ Million
jobs run in 2024

6000+
scientific papers published
based on Biowulf usage
(1999 - 2024)



Application Usage
112
classes/seminars

3500+
attendees

(1999-2024)


8500+
support tickets
resolved
in 2024





Research by Biowulf users