A short orientation to the Cluster and what Tufts HPC is and is not
Many new users only know about Windows or Macs and the associated environment available. Often the mind set and expectations are not exactly aligned with the linux/unix typical experience as found at most High Performance computing facilities.
High Performance Computing(HPC) refers to the means of providing massive computing resources for tasks that are not suitable for desktops, laptops, iPads and portable devices. The Tufts Cluster is designed in a typical research cluster sense for resource scalability, redundancy and consistency with other HPC centers. Compute resources are shared amongst users and access to compute nodes are allocated by a job scheduling program that provides different levels of service.
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- desktop integration: The cluster does not see any local devices on your computer such as printers,etc...
- Adobe products
- XDM logins and X11 Desktops(various graphical interfaces to the operating system)
- remote desktops
- MicroSoft Compute Cluster
- email services
- web servers, or web development projects
The Tufts cluster does support the following:
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