Advanced Topics

This section of the documentation contains information and guides on subjects which are more useful to users who are already using the HPC facilities to run jobs.

Here you can find information gathered from real-world examples of problems and use-cases the HPC community at Newcastle has encountered.

If you are a long time Rocket user, then this page will give you a very quick introduction to the changes and new features on Comet and how it differs. This is not intended for new HPC users.

• Introductory cheat sheet for existing Rocket users moving to Comet
• Comet early access, for existing HPC users who have been granted early access to Comet ahead of full release

Optimisation of Slurm job parameters for specific workloads and advanced use of Slurm.

• Advanced Slurm Job Optimisation
• Job Checkpoints & Restarting Jobs

Categories of software, help, scripts and guides for individual applications.

• Advanced Software Topics

Using HPC resources for interactive sessions and graphical applications; including R-Studio, Jupyter, Matlab and compute-intensive Linux desktop applications.

• Open On-Demand and interactive applications

• Password-less authentication using SSH keys
• X11 Forwarding for graphical applications
• Tunneling using SSHuttle

How to use container tools such as Docker, Apptainer and Podman on our HPC facilities.

• Using Container Tools

If you need access to more resources than available on Newcastle University HPC facilities, or with different, more specialised equipment, there are a range of Tier 2 and Tier 1 facilities which may be available to you.

• External HPC Facilities list

• Logging on to Bede HPC
• Adding New Users to your Bede Project

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