marcc-hpc.github.io/esc.Mission
The mission of the Maryland Advanced Research Computing Center (MARCC) is to enable research, creative undertakings and learning that involve and rely on the use and development of advanced computing and visualization technology. MARCC manages high-performance computing, highly reliable research data storage, and provides outstanding collaborative scientific support to empower computational research, scholarship, creativity, and innovation.
Audience
This tutorial is designed for users of any background, including:
- Users with little linux experience.
- Students who wish to use MARCC for their calculations.
- Advanced users with hand-written codes which they wish to deploy on a massive computer.
Objectives
Depending on the length of this tutorial, we will accomplish the following tasks, in priority order:
- Log on to Blue Crab, the flagship MARCC computer.
- Transfer data to and from Blue Crab.
- Use a text editor on Blue Crab.
- Write and execute a short calculation.
- Find and load software modules.
- Submit a calculation to the scheduler.
- Figure out the right hardware for your calculation.
- Use portal tools to interact with the machine through a web browser.
This tutorial can be self-guided or accompany an instructor-led tutorial course. Use the navigation bar on the left to step through each topic. The documentation is structured in a specific sequence to help novice users learn the ropes as quickly as possible, but you are free to read it in a non-linear way or save it for later reference.