Overview

Instructor: Aditi Saluja, Abhinand Nasari, Becky Jing, Ashwin Kundeti, Cathleen Li, Ritika Mendjoge, and Amine Sakrout

Time: January 24, 27, and 31, 2023

Location: Online using Zoom

Prerequisites: Current HPRC or ACES account

Course Details

All Primers will be virtual sessions on Zoom.

Course Materials

Materials

The resources are available as downloadable PDF files.

• Introduction to Linux: Primer Spring 2023
• Introduction to FASTER: Primer Spring 2023
• Introduction to Grace: Primer Spring 2023
• Data Management Practices: Primer Spring 2023
• Using the Slurm Scheduler: Primer Spring 2023
• Running Jupyter Notebook on the HPRC Portal: Primer Spring 2023

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• Data Management Practices: Primer Spring 2022
• Jupyter Notebook on HPRC Open on Demand (OOD): Primer Spring 2022
• SLURM Job Scheduling: Primer Spring 2022
• Introduction to the Grace Cluster: Primer Spring 2022
• Introduction to the Terra Cluster: Primer Spring 2022
• Introduction to Linux: Primer Spring 2022
• Introduction to HPRC, Duo, VPN and Clusters: Primer Summer 2021
• Introduction to Linux and Cluster Login: Primer Summer 2021
• Using SLURM on the Terra Cluster: Primer Summer 2021

YouTube Playlist

Primer recordings are available on the HPRC YouTube channel

Note: The recordings need to be processed and hence will not be available immediately after the presentation.

Topics

Introduction to Linux
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 @ 10am CST

• Basic commands
• Process and filesystem concepts
• Shell scripts

Introduction to FASTER: A Composable Cluster
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 @ 1:30pm CST

• Basic system information
• Compiling and running programs
• Creating and submitting Slurm batch jobs

Introduction to Grace: A HPRC Resource (TAMU only)
Friday, January 27, 2023 @ 10am CST

• Basic system information
• Compiling and running programs
• Creating and submitting Slurm batch jobs

Data Management Practices on HPRC Resources (TAMU only)
Friday, January 27, 2023 @ 1:30pm CST

• Transfering data to/from Grace/Terra
• Using Globus for Data Management on Grace/Terra
• Data lifecycle on Grace/Terra
• Data policies on Grace/Terra

Using the Slurm Scheduler
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 @ 10am CST

• Building job files
• Job submission on HPRC clusters
• Queues, wait times and job management

Running Jupyter Notebook on the HPRC Portal
Tuesday, January 31, 2023 @ 1:30pm CST

• How to launch the Portal
• How to launch the Notebook in the Portal
• How to use a Jupyter Notebook