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Note: Some of the entries on our Wiki page have two versions. The one labelled (old| refers to the present default SW cluster. The version labelled |new) pertains to the Frontenac Compute Cluster. In the coming months we will be moving our user base to that cluster. See our Migration Guide for details.

Getting Started Here are a few basic issues that most users of the Centre will want to be informed about 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 using a scheduler How to compile code (compiler help file) Default Resource Allocations and Limits Weekly reboots 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 Useful Unix/Linux links Account Renewals

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 -> Cluster Status SX (SNOlab) Cluster **Decomissioned** SW (Linux) Cluster **Decomissioned** Workup Nodes Storage & Backup Storage Tape Backup Network & Communication Odds & Ends Portable Drives Systems Status

Software Our filesystems Systems & OS Application software Tools Other Software

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