Node registration
The project documents registering nodes and managing their records through its operator surfaces.
Research-computing operations software
Clustr Tools for HPC node images and deployment. Clustr Assurance is proposed and in validation. No current Clustr release is an approved support baseline.
Sqoia Labs is exploring tools and guidance for lean teams managing on-premises Linux and HPC infrastructure, where lifecycle work and limited staffing can create operational constraints.
Clustr Assurance is in validation. Paid demand and production fit have not yet been established, and no current Clustr release is an approved support baseline.
The question under validation.
Can lean teams reduce lifecycle uncertainty?
Lean teams may balance user support, schedulers, identity, storage, packages, security, and hardware lifecycles at once. Sqoia Labs is testing whether a bounded review process addresses a problem worth paying to solve.
Public project foundation
Clustr manages HPC bare-metal nodes and images.
Clustr is a public technical project for HPC bare-metal node cloning and image management. Its published documentation describes node registration, base images, bundles, machine reimaging, a CLI, and a server with an embedded web UI. No current release is an approved support baseline.
Images and bundles
The project documents creating and managing base images and software bundles for bare-metal nodes.
Machine reimaging
The project documents machine-reimaging workflows and provides a CLI and server with an embedded web UI.
clustr repository and documentation
Validation-stage concept
Clustr Assurance
A proposed, human-led bounded review-and-guidance process. Scope, availability, and commercial terms have not been set.
Possible bounded review
A proposed evidence-led review, if approved.
- Possible read-only review of agreed evidence
- Possible findings record distinguishing facts from assumptions
- Possible next-step options with change controls
- No changes without separate approval.
If a validation engagement is later approved, its scope, evidence sources, decision owner, exclusions, and change controls will be agreed in writing.
Proposed boundaries
Clarity is part of the product.
Any future validation engagement would be intentionally narrow while problem, procurement timing, and recurring value remain unproven.
If a validation engagement is approved, it would not include:
- 24/7 response, uptime SLA, or emergency on-call
- Unapproved production changes or credential custody
- Full managed operations or staff augmentation
- Hardware repair, vendor escalation ownership, or procurement
- Security certification, warranty, or guaranteed outcomes
- Unlimited customization or support outside agreed systems
Our working principles.
For any approved work, Sqoia Labs aims to inspect before intervening, define proportionate rollback controls, and distinguish facts from assumptions.
Current stage
The direction is selected. The demand still has to be proven.
Sqoia Labs is validating whether lean research-computing teams will pay for this bounded recurring offer. Until then, Clustr Assurance is a hypothesis—not a claim of market traction.
Explore Clustr on GitHub