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Bare Metal or KVM? Which Should You Choose and When

A detailed comparison of hardware access, reservation systems, and storage options for users

Not sure whether to use bare metal or KVM for your next Chameleon experiment? You're not alone. With KVM's recent addition of H100 GPUs and advance reservations, the choice isn't always obvious. This comprehensive comparison walks you through the practical trade-offs: when you need the isolation of bare metal for accurate benchmarking, when KVM's 6-month leases and resource sharing make more sense, and how to navigate the different storage and networking options. Make informed infrastructure decisions that accelerate your research.

Student Spotlight: Three Chameleon Projects Heading to SC'25

Bioacoustics, Snapshots, and AI: Student Innovations Pushing the Boundary of Science

This summer, three talented students used Chameleon to tackle challenges ranging from wildlife conservation to reproducibility and AI-assisted documentation. Their innovative work earned them spots at the ACM Student Research Competition at SC'25, where they'll present posters on autonomous bioacoustic monitoring, snapshot performance optimization, and intelligent documentation systems. Discover how Hudson Reynolds, Alex Tuecke, Zahra Temori, and Saieda Ali Zada leveraged Chameleon's infrastructure to create impactful solutions.

Join Chameleon at CARLA 25 on Sept. 25!

Kate Keahey to give keynote on Chameleon

Join us at the CARLA Latin America High Performance Computing Conference for the keynote presentation by Kate Keahey, Scientist at Argonne National Laboratory and University of Chicago. Kate will deliver her keynote, “Infrastructure for New Ideas,” at 9:10 AM on Thursday in the Talk of the Town venue. Don’t miss this opportunity to learn about building scientific instruments for computer science innovation and hear insights from the leader of the Chameleon project.

https://carlaconference.org/program/