Why use a Cluster?


Connecting to a remote HPC system


Figure 1

Connect to cluster.
Connect to a remote machine

Working on a remote HPC system


Figure 1

Connect to cluster
Connect to cluster

Figure 2

Node anatomy
Node anatomy

Scheduler Fundamentals


Figure 1

Compare a job scheduler to a waiter in a restaurant
analogy

Environment Variables


Accessing software via Modules


Transferring files with remote computers


Running a parallel job


Using resources effectively


Using shared resources responsibly


Figure 1

Schematic of network bandwidth
Schematic diagram of bandwidth and latency for disk and network I/O. Each of the components on the figure is connected by a blue line of width proportional to the interface bandwidth. The small mazes at the link points illustrate the latency of the link, with more tortuous mazes indicating higher latency.