The Tufts High Performance Compute (HPC) cluster delivers 35,845,920 cpu hours and 59,427,840 gpu hours of free compute time per year to the user community.
Teraflops: 60+ (60+ trillion floating point operations per second) cpu: 4000 cores gpu: 6784 cores Interconnect: 40GB low latency ethernet
For additional information, please contact Research Technology Services at tts-research@tufts.edu
FastX
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FastX is the enabling software used to provide web browser based access to the Tufts High Performance Compute (HPC) cluster. It eliminates the need to install software on your local computer such as Xming, Cygwin, or other ssh, X11 style solutions.Company Link
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How do I use it?
Accessing FastX is easy, there is nothing to install, simply point your browser to http://fastx.cluster.tufts.edu/ and login. You will then be connected to the cluster and given an x11 terminal session using gnome-terminal from which batch jobs, interactive jobs can be submitted. If you do not have ssh keys setup it will ask for your password twice.
Does this eliminate the need to install a file transfer program?
No, you will still need to install a file transfer program in order to transfer files between your desktop, laptop and the compute cluster. This functionality may be built into FastX in the future. File transfer applications include WinScp, Cyberduck, Filezilla or scp, sftp, rsync over ssh for those who like to use the command line.
Does FastX require a client application to be installed?
No, since it is web based no client installation is necessary. A client is available however for Mac, Linux and Windows which may give a slight performance advantage for 3D rendering applications. Most users will find this unnecessary. Please contact tts-research@tufts.edu for more information regarding the client, how to download, configure and connect.
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For additional information, please contact Research Technology Services at tts-research@tufts.edu