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  • HPC105 Introduction to SciNet, Niagara and Mist (Self-guided 0)

    At your own pace, learn how to use the SciNet systems Niagara and Mist, from securely logging in to running computations on the supercomputer. Experienced users may still pick up some valuable pointers.

    Date: Tue, 30 Jul 2024 - 12:00 am

    High Performance Computing Credits: 2
  • How this course works

    • Sign in and enroll yourself
    • Start the first lesson activity ("Intro to SciNet")
    • The lesson activity contains questions that you must answer correctly to continue.
    • Only after a lesson is done, can you proceed to the next lesson.
    • You can navigate between the lessons using the course index on the left.
    • You will have completed the course once all five of its lesson activities have been completed.
    • The content of all lessons stays available to you for review.

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    Intro to SciNet Lesson

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    This lesson provides an overview of the Canadian HPC environment, and the systems run by SciNet.
    

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    Getting access Lesson

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    In this lesson, you will learn the steps that are needed to access the SciNet clusters Niagara and Mist.  This involves a few steps that are not necessary for the other Alliance clusters.

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    Your space on Niagara Lesson

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    This lesson explains the various storage spaces available on SciNet systems.

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    Software Lesson

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    This lesson shows you how to access software on Niagara and Mist, and what to do if it is not installed yet.

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    Running jobs Lesson

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    This lesson describes the process by which jobs are submitted to the scheduler, to be run on the cluster.