Building more complex processing and analysis pipelines within a container can offer several advantages:
The container fully encapsulates the job and all software dependencies
Software dependencies do not need to be installed on the HPC facility
Your workflow can easily be replicated or moved between other systems
You can run pre-built job containers which application developers publish
The Comet HPC facility supports the following container tools:
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Podman - RedHat Linux specific container toolset, largely compatible with Docker
This section is incomplete
This documentation section on Container Technology is still being written and will not be complete until the Comet HPC facility is fully commissioned.