Getting Started with HPC

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The following pages have been written for the CX3 Phase 2 facility. If you are looking for information on using our legacy CX3 systems, please see our CX3 (legacy) guide.

These following pages will help you get started on this HPC facility. From these pages you can learn:

What is High Performance Computing? (from the main RCS website)
What HPC clusters are provided by the RCS (HPC Clusters Specification)
How to connect to the service (Using SSH)
Where you can store your data (Data Management on HPC)
How to access software/applications installed on the HPC service (Accessing Software)
Understand how to write a job script and submit it to the queue (Running your first job)
Please see the Support and Training page for how to get help in using the HPC facility including details on an Introduction to HPC at Imperial College provided by the Graduate School.