Contributing to the HPCC environment

ICTO encourages faculty members to contribute to the HPCC environment by purchasing servers, which provide the following benefits: Professional Management: When you purchase computing equipment, it’s essential to consider factors like space and good server environment. Additionally, you need to handle maintenance tasks such as system patching and hardware replacement in case of failures. By […]

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What is the queuing and scheduling scheme in HPCC?

HPC Cluster runs under the control of a queue management system which is SLURM (Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management). SLURM is similar to most other queue systems. You write a batch script and submit it to the queue manager. The queue manager then schedules your job to run on the designated queue (called PARTITION in […]

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What is “Environment Modules” in HPCC?

In order to use the installed software, it is necessary to configure the relating environment variables for compilers and libraries so that searching paths are correct, corresponding libraries can be linked up, license servers can be connected, etc. To make it easier for you to select and switch between different software packages, ‘Environment Modules’ (modules.sourceforge.net) […]

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