1536858 : Request for ARM and/or POWER Hardware¶

Created: 2025-09-19T11:14:17Z - current status: new¶

Summary: A user is inquiring about the availability of ARM/POWER CPU hardware at DESY for use in the OpenZFS project's CI/CD process. The user currently uses AMD64 hardware and is looking for ARM/POWER systems to run QEMU for building and testing. The user has access to POWER8/9/10 systems via OpenStack at OSUOSL but needs native/hardware-accelerated QEMU support, which is not available on those systems. The user is interested in discussing this further in a meeting and mentions that initial approval was given by Yves Kemp in June 2025.

Solution: The user should contact the Maxwell service team at maxwell.service@desy.de to inquire about the availability of ARM/POWER CPU hardware. They should briefly explain their intended use, which is for running QEMU in the OpenZFS project's CI/CD process. Additionally, the user could request a meeting to discuss this further, as the Maxwell team holds user meetings roughly once a year to inform about the latest changes and future plans for HPC resources at DESY.

References: - https://docs.desy.de/maxwell/documentation/access - https://docs.desy.de/maxwell/documentation/materials_meetings