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<strong>Welcome to the Compute Canada technical documentation wiki.</strong>
<strong>Welcome to the technical documentation wiki of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance).</strong>
This is the primary source for users with questions on Compute Canada equipment and services.
This is the primary source for users with questions on equipment and services of the Alliance.


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This wiki is a constant work-in-progress and some links might take you to pages which do not yet have content; such pages display [[like this]]. Our staff works constantly to improve and expand the available documentation; note however that any Compute Canada user is free to add new material and edit existing content.  
This wiki is a constant work-in-progress and some links might take you to pages which do not yet have content; such pages display [[like this]]. Our staff works constantly to improve and expand the available documentation; note however that any of our users is free to add new material and edit existing content.  
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== Systems and services == <!--T:4-->
== Systems and services == <!--T:4-->
* [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/accessing-resources/available-resources/ List of current Compute Canada systems]
<b>Systems</b>
* General-purpose clusters [[Béluga/en|Béluga]], [[Cedar|Cedar]], [[Graham|Graham]], [[Narval]]
* 2025 [[infrastructure renewal]]
** [[System status]] and '''upcoming outages'''
* '''[[National_systems#Compute_clusters|General-purpose clusters]]''', for CPU or GPU jobs:
** [[Known issues]]
** [[Béluga/en|Béluga]], [[Cedar|Cedar]], [[Graham|Graham]], [[Narval/en|Narval]]
* [[LP|Niagara]], a cluster designed for large parallel jobs
* [[Niagara]], a cluster designed for large parallel jobs
* [[Hélios/en|Hélios]], a GPU cluster
 
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<b>Services</b>
* [[Available software]]
* [[Available software]]
* [[Cloud]] computing service
* '''[[Cloud]]''' computing service
* [[Database servers]]
* [[Database servers]]
* [[Globus]] file transfer service
* [[Globus]] file transfer service
* [[Nextcloud]] cloud storage service
* [[Nextcloud]] cloud storage service
* FAQ, [[Frequently Asked Questions]]
* '''[https://alliancecan.ca/en/services/research-data-management Research Data Management]'''
* [[Using a resource allocation]], a guide for Principal Investigators
* '''[https://alliancecan.ca/en/services/research-software Research Software]'''
* [[Using a resource allocation]], a guide for Principal Investigators - [https://alliancecan.ca/en/services/advanced-research-computing/accessing-resources/resource-allocation-competition/available-resources Available Resources]
 
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The [https://status.alliancecan.ca/ Service status page] describes current and planned outages of clusters and services.
* Longer-term problems are at [[Known issues]]
FAQ: [[Frequently Asked Questions]]
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* [[Getting started]]
* <b>[[Getting started]]</b>
** [[Getting started with the new national systems | Getting started with the new national systems (mini-webinar series)]]
** [[Niagara_Quickstart | Niagara Quick Start Guide]]
** [[Niagara_Quickstart | Niagara Quick Start Guide]]
** [[Cloud Quick Start|Cloud Quick Start Guide]]
** [[Cloud Quick Start|Cloud Quick Start Guide]]
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* [[Best practices for data migration]]
* [[Best practices for data migration]]
* [[Utiliser_des_modules/en|Using modules]] and [[Standard software environments]] to access software
* [[Utiliser_des_modules/en|Using modules]] and [[Standard software environments]] to access software
* [[Running jobs]]
* <b>[[Running jobs]]</b>
* [[Installing software in your home directory|Installing software yourself]]
* [[Installing software in your home directory|Installing software yourself]]
* [[Programming guide]]
* [[Programming guide]]
* [[Self-paced courses]]
* [[Visualization]]
* [[Visualization]]
* How to get [[technical support]]
* How to get [[technical support]]
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* [[Biomolecular simulation]]
* [[Biomolecular simulation]]
* [[Computational chemistry]]
* [[Computational chemistry]]
* [[Computational fluid dynamics]] ([[CFD]])
* [[Computational_fluid_dynamics|Computational fluid dynamics (CFD)]]
* [[Geographic information systems]] ([[GIS]])
* [[GIS|Geographic information systems (GIS)]]
* [[Humanities and Social Sciences]]
* [[Humanities and Social Sciences]]
* [[Research Data Management|Research Data Management]]
* [[Research Data Management|Research Data Management]]
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* [https://www.westgrid.ca/support/ WestGrid]
* [https://training.westdri.ca/ Western training]
* [https://www.sharcnet.ca/help/index.php/Main_Page SHARCNET]
** [https://www.ualberta.ca/information-services-and-technology/research-computing/bootcamps.html UAlberta training]
* [https://helpwiki.sharcnet.ca/wiki/Main_Page SHARCNET]
* [https://docs.scinet.utoronto.ca/index.php/Main_Page SciNet]
* [https://docs.scinet.utoronto.ca/index.php/Main_Page SciNet]
* [http://cac.queensu.ca/wiki Centre for Advanced Computing]
* [http://cac.queensu.ca/wiki Centre for Advanced Computing]

Latest revision as of 15:45, 31 October 2024


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Welcome to the technical documentation wiki of the Digital Research Alliance of Canada (the Alliance). This is the primary source for users with questions on equipment and services of the Alliance.

The focus here is on national services and systems. For documentation on services and systems managed by our regional partners, please use the links provided below.

This wiki is a constant work-in-progress and some links might take you to pages which do not yet have content; such pages display like this. Our staff works constantly to improve and expand the available documentation; note however that any of our users is free to add new material and edit existing content.

Systems and services

Systems

Services

The Service status page describes current and planned outages of clusters and services.

FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions

How-to guides

Discipline guides

Regional partners and services