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

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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 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

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