Documentation:MTRL Cluster

This page includes the information of the MTRL cluster, e.g. software, resource sharing protocols, instructions, etc.

For any technical issues, please contact the administrators: Jun at jun.ou[at]ubc.ca or Daan at daan.maijer[at]ubc.ca.

Note: we are responsible for answering questions associated with how to use a software package.

As the cluster is a shared facility, it is important to comply with the protocol so that your and other's work won't be interrupted.

Account:
- Make sure your account information is secure, including your username and password.
- Your password has more than 9 characters including numbers and letters.
  - Note: make sure you remember your password. The administrator is NOT able to reset it.
Job running:
- Do not run your job (computation) on the master node. Instead, please use the computation nodes.
  - You can use the master node to temporarily pre- or post-processing your models. However, some post-processing takes long time. Please keep it within one hour.
- If your job is interrupted, please remove the files left on the corresponding computation nodes.
Storage:
- You can store files up to 500G on the server.
- If you don't need an account anymore or you are leaving UBC, please backup your files and inform the administrator.

You can use Putty SSH client (https://www.putty.org/) to login to the server.
- For the necessary information including port number, account information, etc, please contact the administrator.
For file transfer, you canuse WinSCP (https://winscp.net/eng/download.php).

Once your account is created, please login and use the command: "module avai" to check what software is available.