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Introduction to High Performance Computing

Overview of UVA HPC

Allocations and Accounts
Getting an Allocation
Login Accounts
System Specifications
Storage

Connecting to Afton and Rivanna

Open OnDemand
Open OnDemand Dashboard
Connecting with FastX
The FastX Session
Launching a FastX Session
The FastX Desktop
Logging Out of FastX
Terminating or Restarting FastX
Connecting with a Terminal (SSH)

Features of Open OnDemand

Accessing Files on OOD
Jobs on OOD
Job Composer
The OOD Job Viewer
Getting Job Details
HPC Shell Access
Interactive Sessions
Useful Commands
Exercise (Open OnDemand)

Interactive Apps with Open OnDemand

The OOD Interactive Apps Menu
Interactive JupyterLab Sessions
Launching an Interactive Session
Using and Closing an Interactive Session
JupyterLab Terminal
Rstudio Server
Rstudio Session
Other Interactive Apps
Choosing Resource Requests
Exercise (JupyterLab)

Working with Files

Paths in Linux
File Paths
Transferring Files
Transferring with Graphical Clients: macOS and Linux
Transferring with Graphical Clients: Windows
Transferring with Globus
Creating and Deleting Files
Copy, Rename, and Move Files
Editing Files
Exercise (Job Submission)

Interactive Sessions

This tab will show you running, pending or completed interactive sessions from the OOD interface.

Interactive Sessions

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Useful Commands

Last updated on Oct 1, 2022

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