Data Processing and Simulations in the Pandemic

Overview

The GridUnesp cluster operates uninterruptedly: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, all year round. During the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic, this continuous operation was essential to support the research of the Unesp scientific community.

Note

The period analyzed spans March 2020 to March 2022.

Processing Statistics

The table below shows the total jobs processed and cumulative CPU hours during the pandemic period.

Processing during the pandemic

Year

Cumulative CPU Hours (millions)

Simulations Processed (thousands)

2020 (since March)

13

703

2021

11

560

2022 (up to March)

1

38

Total

25

1,300

Important

Over the course of the pandemic, user jobs processed more than 25 million CPU hours, totaling more than 1.3 million jobs processed.

Monthly Evolution

The figure below shows the cumulative CPU hours at GridUnesp throughout the pandemic:

  • Red: 2020

  • Yellow: 2021

  • Green: 2022 (up to March)

Analysis by Period

2020: First Year of the Pandemic

  • 13 million CPU hours

  • 703 thousand jobs processed

  • Initial adaptation to remote work

  • Peak demand in the second half of the year

2021: Consolidation of Remote Work

  • 11 million CPU hours

  • 560 thousand jobs processed

  • Sustained high demand

  • Team fully adapted to remote work

2022: First Quarter

  • 1 million CPU hours

  • 38 thousand jobs processed

  • Over the year: nearly 11 million hours

Monthly Average

Monthly processing average

Period

CPU hours/month (millions)

Jobs/month (thousands)

2020

1.08

58.6

2021

0.92

46.7

Overall

1.00

52.0

Comparison with the Pre-pandemic Period

Pre-pandemic vs pandemic comparison

Period

Annual average (million hours)

Total jobs (millions)

Pre-pandemic (2010-2019)

~15-20

~1.0

Pandemic (2020-2022)

25 (over 2 years)

1.3

Increase

~25-30%

~30%

Note

The significant increase in demand during the pandemic confirms the importance of GridUnesp as a strategic infrastructure for research at Unesp, especially in scenarios that require remote work.

See also