Currently there are problems on the DTU network, that hinders the access to Computerome HPC and Cloud.

The support team is working on the issue, but unfortunately we do not have any forecast on when the problem will be resolved.

Welcome to the Computerome 2.0 Wiki


Access to Computerome

Access to Computerome is available to everyone interested in Danish Life Sciences and we encourage both academic and industry users to use the facility.

If you are affiliated with the University of Copenhagen (UCPH), please contact UCPH IT for the access to Computerome 2.0.

If you are interested in accessing Computerome 2.0 please find the form that suits your need and send it to computerome@dtu.dk.

For information regarding pricing and quotes please contact Computerome National Life Science Supercomputing Center: computerome@dtu.dk.


Setup and Security framework

The Danish National Supercomputer for Life Sciences has an ultra high-density footprint, and is installed in two 500kW containerized Tier IV data center modules.

The system is designed using the bioinformatics reference architecture developed by CBS over the past 20 years and using the standard practices in the industry. It has a full set of comprehensive tools for both management and usage of the system. To get acquainted with the physical Hardware setup please visit here.



Getting Started

The Getting Started page guides new users in the use of the system.


Recommended places to start

Resources




Contact and Support



Computerome 2.0 SSH login node (ssh.computerome.dk) is currently experiencing an intermittent hardware issue, causing some instability.

While this is being investigated and fixed, we recommend using Thinlinc connection to desktop.computerome.dk - see Virtual Desktop


DTU central IT department has announced network maintenance.

General DTU network may experience one or more disconnects of up to 1 hours duration, starting

Monday, 08. November 2021, 19:00 CET

and completed no later than

Monday, 08. November 2021, 24:00 CET

Additionally. Lyngby Campus WIFI network is affected, starting

Monday, 08. November 2021, 17:00 CET

and completed no later than

Monday, 08. November 2021, 24:00 CET

Access to Computerome may be affected during this maintenance. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.


Computerome 2.0 Dell/EMC Isilon

HOME (/home/people/...)
PROJECT (/home/projects/...)

storage will be upgraded.

The upgrade will start

Wednesday, 21. July 2021, 09:00 CEST

and is expected to complete no later than

Wednesday, 21. July 2021, 21:00 CEST

Upgrade is performed in on-line mode and should cause minimal to no performance impact during the process.




On 31 August 2021, the Computerome team will be performing general maintenance and upgrades on Computerome; a next generation firewall will be installed, and systems stability increased. Computerome will therefore be unavailable, but we expect services to be fully restored by 1 September 2021. Please keep the downtime in mind when you plan your work.

We apologize for any inconvenience caused by this scheduled down-time.

The upgrade will start

Tuesday, 31. August 2021

and is expected to complete no later than

Wednesday, 1. September 2021


Dell/EMC is currently working to fix a flawed switch in our Isilon storage backend.

This has caused random errors, where some users have received "access denied" on files and directories.

As an unfortunate side effect, it has also caused some users' jobs to terminate prematurely.

Update: 2021.06.28, 10:30 CEST

Isilon file and directory access is back and stable, with no further drop-outs since Friday.

Computerome has returned to normal operations again, and we will be monitoring the situation closely.

We are experiencing issue with queueing system at the moment.

We are working on the issue, and will be back to normal as soon as possible.

We are experiencing login problems on ssh.computerome.dk at the moment.

We are working on the issue, and will be back to normal as soon as possible.

As a workaround, you can login through ThinLinc (desktop.computerome.dk).

We are experiencing issues with the Batch queueing system on Computerome 2.0 at the moment.

We are working on the issue, and will be back to normal as soon as possible.

Computerome 2.0 has received the following message from our external SMS messaging services provider:

Planned system maintenance

We will be performing scheduled extended server maintenance in the following period:

Start time: 2021-10-06 02:00 CEST
End time: 2021-10-06 04:00 CEST

All platforms may experience periods of downtime during this time frame.

We expect minimal impact for Computerome 2.0 users, but some may experience issues with the following:

  • Delivery of 2 Factor Authentication code via SMS
  • Delivery of new password by SMS


Some users are experiencing connection issues on Computerome 2.0 at the moment.

We are working on the issue, and will be back to normal as soon as possible.

Computerome 2.0 was experiencing an issue with login to ssh.computerome.dk.

The issue is now resolved and we are back to normal operations.

As announced in Computerome 2.0 newsletter on May 4. 2020, Computerome 2.0 SSH login node (ssh.computerome.dk) is down for hardware repairs 12:00 - 15:00 CEST today, As an alternative you can use Thinlinc connection to desktop.computerome.dk - see Virtual desktop

On Thursday, October 29., 2020 09:00 - 10:15 CET, Lyngby area experienced a power outage due to a cut power cable.

While it did not directly affect Computerome servers, it did prevent access to the systems. 

All Computerome systems are now available again.

Check out the new way to interact with the queueing system - Moab viewpoint

We now have an AMD EPYC™ 7601 - Memory Bound HPC Performance server for testing. Please contact Computerome Support for access.

The Danish National Supercomputer for Life Sciences (a.k.a. Computerome) is installed at the DTU National Lifescience Center at Technical University of Denmark.

The computer hardware is funded with grants from Technical University of Denmark (DTU), University of Copenhagen (KU) and Danish e-infrastructure Cooperation (DeiC) - also, it is the official Danish ELIXIR Node.

Computerome 1.0 was opened in November 2014 at #121 on TOP500 Supercomputing Sites.

The current setup, Computerome 2.0, was opened in 2019. It's compute resources consists of 31760 CPU cores with 210 TeraBytes of memory, connected to 17 PetaBytes of High-performance storage,

Please see the Hardware page for further details.




Computerome is a building-block in the Tryggve project that is working to establish a Nordic platform for collaboration on sensitive data, and that is funded by NeIC and the ELIXIR nodes in Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden.

The Tryggve project welcomes use-cases from researchers collaborating on sensitive data with researchers in other Nordic countries. Please follow instructions on the Tryggve Getting Started page.

As part of the Computerome engagement in Tryggve, Computerome is committed to the Tryggve Code of Conduct.




The Computerome (pronunciation: \kəm-ˈpyü-tər-ōm\) cluster supercomputer is named in accordance with the use of the '-ome' suffix in the field of study in biology.

Computerome is housed at DTU Risø Campus.