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By ARCHER2 Service on October 12, 2022

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Power draw of software on ARCHER2

In this blog post we have used a month of job data from ARCHER2 and looked at the distribution of power draw for different research areas and software on ARCHER2. There is a lot of interest in power draw and energy use on large scale HPC systems such as ARCHER2 at the moment and this data was produced as part of the ongoing work ARCHER2 are doing with the UKRI Digital Research Infrastructure Net Zero Scoping project.

ARCHER2 for Package Users

Online 24 November 2022 10:00 - 16:00 GMT

This lesson provides an introduction to using ARCHER2 for users who:

  • have already used other HPC systems; and
  • want to use pre-installed simulation/modelling packages rather than compiling their own.

The lesson aims to answer the following questions:

  • What hardware is available on ARCHER2?
  • What does it consist of (login nodes, compute nodes, file systems, backup)?
  • How does this impact me as a user?
  • How can I access ARCHER2 interactively and transfer data?
  • What does the ARCHER2 software environment look like and how do I access software?
  • How do I write job submission scripts and submit them to the ARCHER2 scheduler?
  • How can I be a good ARCHER2 citizen?
  • How can I check what resources I am using and look at historical usage?
  • What are the next steps for me using ARCHER2 and how can I get more help?

Full details and registration: https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training

ARCHER2 for Software Developers

Online, 2 & 5 December 2022 10:00 - 16:00 GMT

The lesson aims to answer the following questions:

  • What hardware is available on ARCHER2?
  • What does they consist of (login nodes, compute nodes, file systems, backup)?
  • How does this impact me as a user?
  • How can I access ARCHER2 interactively and transfer data?
  • What does the ARCHER2 application development environment look like and how do I use it?
  • How do I write job submission scripts and submit them to the ARCHER2 scheduler?
  • How can I be a good ARCHER2 citizen?
  • How can I check what resources I am using and look at historical usage?

Target Audience:

This lesson provides an introduction to using ARCHER2 for user who:

  • have already used other HPC systems; and
  • want to compile (and possibly) develop HPC software on ARCHER2.

Full details and registration: https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training

Access to HPC Call

Reminder that the Submit Deadline is Tuesday, 18th October 16:00

More details an application forms

Recently added Known Issues

The “Known Issues” page of the ARCHER2 Documentation https://docs.archer2.ac.uk/known-issues/ lists all current open known issues including a description of the issue, its symptoms and any work-arounds.

  • No recent issues

Upcoming ARCHER2 Training

  • Message-passing Programming with MPI, Online, always-open self-service course
  • Shared Memory Programming with OpenMP, Online, always-open self-service course
  • QM/MM with GROMACS + CP2K, Online, Always open - self-service course
  • ARCHER2 for Package Users, Online, 24 November 2022 10:00 - 16:00 GMT
  • ARCHER2 for Software Developers, Online, 2 & 5 December 2022 10:00 - 16:00 GMT

Further details https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/#upcoming-training

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ARCHER2_HPC

Recordings of past courses and virtual tutorials can be found here: https://www.archer2.ac.uk/training/materials/