How To

Using the ECU research computers

The operating systems on the ECU research computers are some flavor of UNIX. The UNIX tutorial provides a useful introduction to UNIX.
Only short (less than 10 minutes) cacluations are allowed to be run interactively on any research computer. All other calculations must be submitted to the LSF batch scheduler. A brief introdcution to LSF can be found here.
to assist the user community with using the LSF batch scheduler to run the various application sotware, some scripts have been written. These scripts can be found in the following directory on any of the research computers

/usr/local/apps/chemistry_scripts

Documentation on how to use each script is contained within the script.
instructions on how to run the various scientific and engineering application software available on ECU research computers can be found here.
the "CACS News" link should be consulted for new hardware/software additions and upgrades.
ECU researchers and educators wishing to get an account on the SGI Origin 350 may do so at: "User Accounts"