Intro to High-Performance Computing

This is a short 3-hour tutorial designed to teach the basics of using a high-performance computing cluster. This tutorial focuses on SLURM as a scheduler and the Lmod modules system, but the general concepts are applicable to any HPC installation.

Setup

This tutorial assumes that you have an SSH client pre-installed.

Windows - Though any SSH client will work, we recommend using MobaXterm. The reason for this is that it has a built-in file browser, X server, and local bash shell- all things that can be a little tricky to setup on Windows otherwise.

macOS - If you are a Mac user, you’ll want to install XQuartz. Even if you’ve got it preinstalled, we recommend installing the latest version and then rebooting your computer. Unlike most Mac software, XQuartz only takes effect after a full reboot.

Linux - If you are a Linux user, there is nothing to install! You are set to go!