This lesson introduces using the Super Computing Wales HPC system.
Prerequisites
Some basic experience of the Unix command line is expected. The material covered in the Software Carpentry Introduction to Unix Shell (http://swcarpentry.github.io/shell-novice/) is more than enough to cover this.
Setup | Download files required for the lesson | |
00:00 | 1. SCW Introduction | |
00:10 | 2. Logging in to SCW | How can do I login to SCW? |
00:45 | 3. Filesystems and Storage | What is the difference between scratch and home? |
01:30 | 4. Running Jobs with Slurm | What is the difference between scratch and home? |
02:25 | 5. Working with Modules and Installing Software | |
03:10 | 6. Optimising for Parallel Processing | How can I run several tasks from a single Slurm job. |
03:25 | 7. HPC Best Practice | |
03:25 | Finish |
The actual schedule may vary slightly depending on the topics and exercises chosen by the instructor.