Setting up
Overview
Teaching: min
Exercises: minQuestions
How do we setup our environment
Objectives
Install an SSH and VNC client
Check your Supercomputing Wales account is working
Connect to Supercomputing Wales via SSH
Install Software
Check you have an SSH and VNC client installed. See the Setup page for more details.
Test SSH
ssh a.<aber user id>@vnc.sunbird.swansea.ac.uk
Quick overview of Supercomputing Wales
Parts of a High Performance Computing System
- Login nodes
- Compute nodes
- Storage
Swansea Sunbird System
| Partition | Number of Nodes | Cores per node | RAM | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Compute | 122 | 40 | 382GB | |
| GPU | 4 | 40 | 382GB | 2x Nvidia V100 (5120 core, 16GB RAM) |
800TB scratch drive and 200TB home directory. Neither are backed up.
Key Points