For up-to-date information about system status, please check our systems status page.

Getting Started

Here are a few basic issues that most users of the Centre will want to be informed about

• Migration from Sparc/Solaris/M9000 to x86/Linux/SW
• How to Apply for a New Account
• How to Access Our Systems
• How to Upload/Download Files
• How to Change Your Password
• How to Run Jobs (usage of scheduler)
• How to compile code (compiler help file)
• How to Set Up a Shell
• Default Resource Allocations and Limits
• Disk Space and Quotas

Support & Training

• User Support Contacts
• Send a Support Question
• Compute Ontario Big Blue Button
• An alphabetic list of help files
• Commonly Encountered Issues

• Workshops
• Our Certificate Program

• Acknowledging the Centre for Advanced Computing

• Migration guide to the Frontenac (CAC) cluster

Hardware

Note: We are currently undergoing a restructuring of our hardware platforms. This means that this section is likely to change frequently. Specifically, our Solaris-based systems are going to be decommissioned in 2016. They will be replaced by x86/Linux based hardware.

• Servers & Clusters
  • Frontenac Cluster
  • SW (Linux) Cluster -> Cluster Status
  • SX (SNOlab) Cluster -> Cluster Status
  • Workup Nodes
• Storage & Backup
  • Storage
  • Tape
  • Backup
• Network & Communication
• Odds & Ends
  • Portable Drives
  • Systems Status

Software

• Our File Systems
• Systems & OS
• Application Software
• Tools
• Other Software

If you cannot find material that you are looking for, please contact us.