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You have just received your Compute Canada account. Welcome! Now what do you do? This | You have just received your Compute Canada account. Welcome! Now what do you do? This page is intended to help you find your way through the technical documentation for Compute Canada’s services and systems. | ||
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* are already an experienced HPC user and are ready to log on to a cluster, skip to the next section, "What resources are available?" | * are already an experienced HPC user and are ready to log on to a cluster, skip to the next section, "What resources are available?" | ||
* would like some training, you can | * would like some training, you can | ||
** read about how to [[SSH|connect]] to our HPC systems | ** read about how to [[SSH|connect]] to our HPC systems | ||
** read an introduction to using [[Linux introduction|Linux]] systems | ** read an introduction to using [[Linux introduction|Linux]] systems | ||
** read about how to [[Transferring files|transfer files]] to and from our systems | ** read about how to [[Transferring files|transfer files]] to and from our systems | ||
** look for a training event on [https://www.computecanada.ca/calendar/ this schedule] | ** look for a training event on [https://www.computecanada.ca/calendar/ this schedule] | ||
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===New resources (deployed in 2016 or after)=== <!--T:6--> | ===New resources (deployed in 2016 or after)=== <!--T:6--> | ||
Compute Canada has begun to renew its infrastructure | Compute Canada has begun to renew its infrastructure in 2016. The first phase of the new deployment is composed of four new clusters, called Arbutus (GP1), Cedar (GP2), Graham (GP3) and Niagara (LP). | ||
Arbutus, an extension of the West cloud, now has all its additional compute nodes and will be equipped with additional storage. | |||
While the [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/accessing-resources/migration/ details] are still subject to change, Cedar (GP2) and Graham (GP3) will be general purpose clusters composed of a variety of nodes including large memory nodes and nodes with accelerators. | |||
Niagara (LP) will be a large parallel cluster with nodes interconnected by a fast network. | |||
===Legacy resources (deployed before 2016)=== <!--T:7--> | ===Legacy resources (deployed before 2016)=== <!--T:7--> | ||
[https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/national-services/compute/ Computing resources] which were installed between 2004 and 2015 and are scheduled to be decommissioned in the next few years are referred to as ''legacy resources''. The legacy resources are administered by regional organizations, one of [http://www.ace-net.ca/ ACENET], [http://cac.queensu.ca/ the Centre for Advanced Computing], [http://www.calculquebec.ca/en/ Calcul Québec], [http://www.scinethpc.ca/ SciNet], [https://www.sharcnet.ca/my/front/ SHARCNET], and [https://www.westgrid.ca/ WestGrid]. To use a legacy resource you must have an account with one of these entities, which you can do through [https://ccdb.computecanada.ca/me/facilities this page]. Resources deployed during and after 2016 will not require this step, nor | [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/national-services/compute/ Computing resources] which were installed between 2004 and 2015 and are scheduled to be decommissioned in the next few years are referred to as ''legacy resources''. The legacy resources are administered by regional organizations, one of [http://www.ace-net.ca/ ACENET], [http://cac.queensu.ca/ the Centre for Advanced Computing], [http://www.calculquebec.ca/en/ Calcul Québec], [http://www.scinethpc.ca/ SciNet], [https://www.sharcnet.ca/my/front/ SHARCNET], and [https://www.westgrid.ca/ WestGrid]. To use a legacy resource you must have an account with one of these entities, which you can do through [https://ccdb.computecanada.ca/me/facilities this page]. Resources deployed during and after 2016 will not require this step, nor will the two [[CC-Cloud|clouds]]. | ||
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Compute Canada also has clusters equipped with accelerators such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-purpose_computing_on_graphics_processing_units GPUs] and Intel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeon_Phi Xeon Phis]. If your application | Compute Canada also has clusters equipped with accelerators such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/General-purpose_computing_on_graphics_processing_units GPUs] and Intel [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeon_Phi Xeon Phis]. If your application calls for from such accelerators, you will find them on the following legacy systems: | ||
* Helios, Hades and Guillimin, hosted by Calcul Québec | * Helios, Hades and Guillimin, hosted by Calcul Québec | ||
* Parallel, hosted by WestGrid | * Parallel, hosted by WestGrid | ||
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Finally, Compute Canada also hosts two [[CC-Cloud|clouds]] called East Cloud and West Cloud, as well as [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/national-services/storage/ storage resources] ranging from fast parallel filesystems to tape backup. | Finally, Compute Canada also hosts two [[CC-Cloud|clouds]] called East Cloud and West Cloud, as well as [https://www.computecanada.ca/research-portal/national-services/storage/ storage resources] ranging from fast parallel filesystems to tape backup. | ||
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This question is hard to answer because of the range of needs Compute Canada serves, and because of the enormous variety of resources we have available --- especially during the 2016-2018 renewal period. If the descriptions above are insufficient, contact Compute Canada’s [[technical support]] or your [https://www.computecanada.ca/about/partners/ regional support]. | This question is hard to answer because of the range of needs Compute Canada serves, and because of the enormous variety of resources we have available --- especially during the 2016-2018 renewal period. If the descriptions above are insufficient, contact Compute Canada’s [[technical support]] or your [https://www.computecanada.ca/about/partners/ regional support]. | ||
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In order to identify the best resource to use, we may ask | In order to identify the best resource to use, we may ask specific questions, such as: | ||
* What software do you want to use? | * What software do you want to use? | ||
** Does | ** Does the software require a commercial license? | ||
** Can | ** Can the software be used non-interactively? That is, can it be controlled from a file prepared prior to its execution rather than through the graphical interface? | ||
** Can it run on the Linux operating system? | ** Can it run on the Linux operating system? | ||
* How much memory, time, computing power, accelerators, storage, network bandwidth and so forth --- are required by a typical job? Rough estimates are fine. | * How much memory, time, computing power, accelerators, storage, network bandwidth and so forth --- are required by a typical job? Rough estimates are fine. | ||
* How frequently will you need to run this | * How frequently will you need to run this type of job? | ||
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You may know the answer to these questions or not. If you do not, our technical support team is there to help you find the answers. Then they will be able to direct you to the most appropriate resources for your needs. | You may know the answer to these questions or not. If you do not, our technical support team is there to help you find the answers. Then they will be able to direct you to the most appropriate resources for your needs. | ||
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