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Occasionally, jobs that experience problems may generate emails from staff or automated systems at the center with some information about the nature of the problem. This page provides additional information about the various emails sent, and steps that can be taken to address the problem.
Problem description
A common problem on our systems is that a user's job causes a node out of memory or uses more than its allocated memory if the node is shared with other jobs.
Ascend, Cardinal, Pitzer
Quantum ESPRESSO (QE) is a program package for ab-initio molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and electronic structure calculations. It is based on density-functional theory, plane waves, and pseudopotentials.
Ascend, Cardinal, Pitzer
SSHing directly to a compute node at OSC - even if that node has been assigned to you in a current batch job - and starting VNC is an "unsafe" thing to do. When your batch job ends (and the node is assigned to other users), stray processes will be left behind and negatively impact other users. However, it is possible to use VNC on compute nodes safely.
OSC is in the process of migrating documentation on this website to a new Knowledge Base. This material remains up here while we are transitioning it, but the most up-to-date information will be in our Service Center.
TIP: Remember to check the menu to the right of the page for related pages with more information about Ruby's specifics.
On 10/13/2016, Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors on Ruby were removed from service. Please contact OSC Help if you have any questions or want to help get access to alternative resources.
Ruby was named after the Ohio native actress Ruby Dee. An HP built, Intel® Xeon® processor-based supercomputer, Ruby provided almost the same amount of total computing power (~125 TF, used to be ~144 TF with Intel® Xeon® Phi coprocessors) as our former flagship system Oakley on less than half the number of nodes (240 nodes). Ruby had has 20 nodes are outfitted with NVIDIA® Tesla K40 accelerators (Ruby used to feature two distinct sets of hardware accelerators; 20 nodes were outfitted with NVIDIA® Tesla K40 and another 20 nodes feature Intel® Xeon® Phi coprocessors).
Cardinal, Pitzer
STAR-CCM+ provides the world’s most comprehensive engineering physics simulation inside a single integrated package. Much more than a CFD code, STAR‑CCM+ provides an engineering process for solving problems involving flow (of fluids and solids), heat transfer and stress. STAR‑CCM+ is unrivalled in its ability to tackle problems involving multi‑physics and complex geometries. Support is provided by CD-adapco.
Training is an important part of our services. We are working to expand our portfolio; we currently provide the following:
We provide a number of web portals for our user community.
OSC OnDemand is a "one-stop-shop" for accessing OSC compute resources. You can submit and monitor jobs, manage files, open terminal sessions and even get a desktop. Full documentation is available.
Description
This two hour workshop will provide an introduction to OSC resources and how to access them. Topics include:
- High performance computing concepts.
- Hardware and software available at OSC.
- Getting allocations and accounts.
- How to connect and log in.
- How to move data on and off the systems.
- Introduction to batch processing.
- Storage and file systems.
Optional hands-on participation:
