Research Computing - Documentation

Please contact rc-help@usf.edu if there are any discrepancies with the documentation provided.

News

Updated regularly to provide information on changes to our resources, maintenance periods, downtimes, etc.

Cluster allocation and priorities

How Research Computing implements priorities based upon contribution status, via the condominium model.

Job Scheduling

The Guide to the SLURM installation at USF is located here

Linux Tutorials

A list of Linux how-to tutorials is located here.

HPC Basics

Below are some links to help information about High Performance Computing (HPC):

• What is High Performance Computing?
• Do I Need High Performance Computing?
• Which Hardware Platform Should I Use?
• What Software is Available?
• Who Can Use the Resources?
• What is the condominium model?

System Information

The following links provide information on how to access our systems as well as technical information about the different systems available. Various how-tos and tutorials are also available.

In addition, on-boarding training sessions (for on-boarding entire research groups to CIRCE for the first time) are available by request of the group's faculty sponsor.

• CIRCE (Research Cluster)
  • CIRCE Hardware and Facilities
  • Connecting to CIRCE
  • CIRCE File System Layout
  • Accessing your CIRCE Data
  • Managing your CIRCE Data
  • Data Storage and Archiving
  • CIRCE Desktop Environment
  • Groups and Collaboration
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Terms of Service/Use

• RRA (Restricted Research Access Cluster)
  • RRA Hardware and Facilities
  • Connecting to RRA
  • RRA File System Layout
  • Accessing your RRA Data
  • Managing your RRA Data
  • Data Storage and Archiving
  • RRA Desktop Environment
  • RRA Groups and Collaboration
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Terms of Service/Use

• SC (Student Cluster)
  • SC Hardware and Facilities
  • Connecting to SC
  • SC File System Layout
  • Accessing your SC Data
  • Managing your SC Data
  • Data Storage and Archiving
  • SC Desktop Environment
  • Groups and Collaboration
  • Frequently Asked Questions
  • Terms of Service/Use

Software and Libraries

Below are links listing the software currently (and soon to be) available on CIRCE, as well as Development tools and the Modules tool:

• Available Applications
• Current Software Projects
• Development Tools & Libraries
• modules: A modular environment management tool