NACOSTI-HPC http://stampede.nacosti.go.ke/dokuwiki/ 2026-05-31T09:53:39+00:00 NACOSTI-HPC http://stampede.nacosti.go.ke/dokuwiki/ http://stampede.nacosti.go.ke/dokuwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2024-05-06T13:53:09+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) perl_modules http://stampede.nacosti.go.ke/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=perl_modules&rev=1715003589&do=diff Install Perl Modules In Your Scratch Directory The local::lib module can be used to install extra perl modules that are not available on the cluster by default or in a cluster wide lua module. Follow the instructions below to setup your own modules. text/html 2024-05-06T10:49:16+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) start http://stampede.nacosti.go.ke/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=start&rev=1714992556&do=diff Welcome to the NACOSTI HPC cluster provided by NACOSTI and partner universities. Take the time to review the information below: * overview * How To Get Access * Getting Started * HPC Assistance * Install Perl Modules text/html 2024-03-15T18:56:10+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) how_to_get_access - created http://stampede.nacosti.go.ke/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=how_to_get_access&rev=1710528970&do=diff How To Access The Cluster To obtain an account, the following details are needed: * Names: * Institutional Emails: * Project title: * University: * Phone contacts: Please provide these to Dr M.O. Atambo at TU-K for an account to be created for you. Once this is done, please use the SSH protocol using the following hostname and your username: text/html 2024-03-15T18:52:12+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) getting_started http://stampede.nacosti.go.ke/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=getting_started&rev=1710528732&do=diff Getting Started The cluster uses slurm as the scheduler, to know more about slurm the manual can be found online. Simple Tasks With Slurm The scheduler organizes resources through the partition system (roughly equivalent to pbs queues). To view the available partitions, the sinfo command is available: text/html 2024-03-15T18:50:53+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) hpc_assistance http://stampede.nacosti.go.ke/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=hpc_assistance&rev=1710528653&do=diff Assistance If you are in need of HPC support, please contact Dr. M.O. Atambo, at TU-K with any questions and requests. Alternately reach out to Denis Yegon @ NACOSTI. text/html 2024-03-15T18:28:52+00:00 admin (admin@undisclosed.example.com) overview - created http://stampede.nacosti.go.ke/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=overview&rev=1710527332&do=diff Overview The cluster is made up of a set of CPU based machines, with a single login node, and attached storage that has been made available to you. The compute nodes are uniform, with 16 cores per node, and 32GB of RAM. Parallel calculations can take advantage of the fast low-latency network available.