New User Documentation
From Research IT
As a new user to the Research IT community you may be wondering what you can do and what resources you may now access. This page will describe those items that are most of interest to new or returning users.
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One time items of interest
- You may wish to set up SSH passwordless logins in order to move more freely about the systems
- You may wish to check Setting up a SAMBA Account and using SAMBA in order to access your files from Windows or MAC OS X systems
- If you are going to be using graphical tools you will need to either setup VNC or setup X11 in order to export the graphical application to your desktop.
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Systems that you will be accessing
Currently there are two main systems that can be accessed for general use.
- HAL Cluster: These nodes are large PPC64 8 way systems with 16GB of RAM each. These are well suited to parallel applications and shared memory multiprocessor application.
- Prometheus Cluster: These comodity dell servers are great for Intel optimized applications, grid jobs, and batch processing.
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Software Available
- Condor: Batch processing
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Other items of note
- RIT Filesystems and Backup schedule are items that all users should be aware of.
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Getting Help
While we strive to provide a strong computational environment for your use, we know that most people will need help. Feel free to contact us if you need help getting things done.
- General items: ritgroup @ albany.edu
- New software: ashelton @ albany.edu
- Systems support: ewarnke @ albany.edu
