User Guide
Welcome to the RCDC User Guide. We operate multiple compute resources. Carya is the latest addition. Carya and Sabine are RCDC's most-used compute clusters.
The pages below explain how to access and use the RCDC high-performance computing environment.
If you seek additional help or information not contained in these pages, please open a .
| Getting Started on Carya, or Sabine A quick start guide to get running on our clusters for first-time users. |
New operations model on Sabine/Opuntia clusters. |
Information about allocations. |
Frequently Asked Questions about RCDC systems. |
Glossary
Technical terms used in the User Guide.
To make the User Guide more accessible, we have tried to explain key terms in a non-technical
way. When reading the User Guide pages, please keep in mind the following:
- A core is the microprocessor that carries out the computation (also, "central processing unit", or CPU).
- A node is a machine that will handle your computing tasks (it has memory, cores, and an operating system).
- A partition is a collection of nodes with similar technical specifications (amount of memory, etc.), and
- The cluster is the complete collection of nodes with networking and file storage facilities.