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--- using-the-cluster [2019/12/02 12:50] – [Cluster Organization] jean-baka
+++ using-the-cluster [2020/03/19 12:14] – jean-baka
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 ====== Using the Cluster ======
-ILRI's high-performance computing "cluster" is currently composed of 4 dedicated machines:
+ILRI's high-performance computing "cluster" is currently composed of 7 dedicated machines:
-  * hpc: main login node, "master" of the cluster
+  * **hpc**: main login node, "master" of the cluster
-  * taurus, compute2, compute04: used for batch and interactive jobs like BLAST, structure, R, etc
+  * **taurus**, **compute2**, **compute04**: used for batch and interactive jobs like BLAST, structure, R, etc (compute04 has lots of disk space under its ''/var/scratch'')
-  * mammoth: used for high-memory jobs like genome assembly (mira, newbler, abyss, etc)
+  * **mammoth**: used for high-memory jobs like genome assembly (mira, newbler, abyss, etc)
-  * compute03: fast CPUs, but few of them
+  * **compute03**: fast CPUs, but few of them
-  * compute04: batch jobs, has lots of disk space in ''/var/scratch''
+  * **compute05**: batch jobs, has the fastest processors (AMD EPYC)
-  * compute05: batch jobs, has the fastest processors (AMD EPYC)
 To get access to the cluster you should talk to Jean-Baka (he sits in BecA). Once you have access you should read up on [[Using SLURM|SLURM]] so you can learn how to submit jobs to the cluster.