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The user experience on Niagara will be similar to that on Graham
The user experience on Niagara will be similar to that on Graham
and Cedar, but specific instructions on how to use the Niagara system
and Cedar, but specific instructions on how to use the Niagara cluster
are still in preparation, given that details of the setup are still in
are still in preparation, given that details of the setup are still in
flux at present (February 2018).
flux at present (February 2018).
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The Niagara system has an EDR Infiniband network in a so-called
The Niagara cluster has an EDR Infiniband network in a so-called
'Dragonfly+' topology, with four wings.  Each wing (of 375 nodes) has
'Dragonfly+' topology, with four wings.  Each wing (of 375 nodes) has
1-to-1 connections.  Network traffic between wings is done through
1-to-1 connections.  Network traffic between wings is done through
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The Niagara system will use the [[Running jobs|Slurm]] scheduler to run jobs.  The basic scheduling commands will therefore be similar to those for Cedar and Graham, with a few differences:
The Niagara cluster will use the [[Running jobs|Slurm]] scheduler to run jobs.  The basic scheduling commands will therefore be similar to those for Cedar and Graham, with a few differences:


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* Module-based software stack.
* Module-based software stack.
* Both the standard Compute Canada software stack as well as system-specific software tuned for the system will be available.
* Both the standard Compute Canada software stack as well as cluster-specific software tuned for Niagara will be available.
* Different from Cedar and Graham, no modules will be loaded by default to prevent accidental conflicts in versions. There will be a simple mechanism to load the software stack that a user would see on Graham and Cedar.
* In contrast with Cedar and Graham, no modules will be loaded by default to prevent accidental conflicts in versions. There will be a simple mechanism to load the software stack that a user would see on Graham and Cedar.


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