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Research Computing Services (RCS) is a group within the wider University of Calgary Information Technologies team that plans, manages, and supports high performance computing (HPC) systems in use by researchers throughout the University of Calgary. Our primary focus is to meet the increasing demand for engineering and scientific computation by offering a wide range of specialized services to help researchers solve highly complex real-world problems or run large scale computationally intensive workloads on our high-end HPC resources.

This RCS Wiki contains technical documentation for use by users of HPC systems operated by RCS and is a replacement for the old unmaintained HPC website at https://hpc.ucalgary.ca/.

Contact us for support

Find us at G204Z (Open in UC Interactive Room Finder)

For general RCS/HPC inquiries, please email: support@hpc.ucalgary.ca
For IT related issues (networking, VPN, email), please email: itsupport@ucalgary.ca
For Compute Canada specific questions: support@computecanada.ca

RCS has an office at the Foothills campus located at HSC B200D and can be reached via the IT reception on the main floor at G204Z next to the University bookstore. If you would like to have a face-to-face meeting with an analyst, please contact us via email to arrange an appointment beforehand.

Cluster Guides

General Cluster Guidelines and Policies
ARC cluster - ARC is a general purpose cluster for University of Calgary researchers.
Helix cluster - Helix is a specialized cluster mainly provided for Cumming School of Medicine projects
GLaDOS cluster - GLaDOS is a researcher-owned cluster maintained by Research Computing Services.
TALC Cluster - Teaching and Learning Cluster (TALC) is a cluster created by Research Computing Services to support academic courses and workshops.

Software pages

Managing software on ARC
Using Conda (external link)
Gaussian on ARC -- How to use Gaussian 16 on ARC.
Apache Spark on ARC
Jupyter Notebooks
ARC Software pages

Running courses on HPC resources

TALC - Teaching and Learning Cluster (TALC) is a cluster created by Research Computing Services to support academic courses and workshops.
TALC Terms of Use - Terms of use to which TALC account holders must agree to use the cluster.
List of courses on TALC - A list of current and historical courses taught using TALC.

Training

HPC Linux topics - A list of topics on which RCS technical support staff can provide one-on-one or group training
What is a scheduler?
Running jobs
Data storage options for UofC researchers
How to transfer data

What's New

CHGI Transition - Information on the current CHGI Transition

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 RCS has an office at the Foothills campus located at [https://ucmapspro.ucalgary.ca/RoomFinder/?Building=HSC&Room=B200D HSC B200D] and can be reached via the IT reception on the main floor at [https://ucmapspro.ucalgary.ca/RoomFinder/?Building=HSC&Room=G204Z G204Z] next to the University bookstore'''. If you would like to have a face-to-face meeting with an analyst, please contact us via email to arrange an appointment beforehand.
-==Clusters ==
-RCS manages various high performance computing clusters for the University of Calgary. Resources for each of the clusters are listed below.
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-|title=ARC - Advanced Research Computing
-|description=ARC is a general purpose cluster for University of Calgary researchers.
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 * [[General Cluster Guidelines and Policies]]
-* [[ARC Cluster Guide|ARC Cluster Guide]]
+* [[ARC Cluster Guide | ARC cluster]] - ARC is a general purpose cluster for University of Calgary researchers.
-* [[Managing software on ARC]]
+* [[Helix Guide | Helix cluster]] - Helix is a specialized cluster mainly provided for Cumming School of Medicine projects
-* [[Gaussian on ARC]] -- How to use Gaussian 16 on ARC.
+* [[GLaDOS Guide | GLaDOS cluster]] - GLaDOS is a researcher-owned cluster maintained by Research Computing Services.
-* [[Apache Spark on ARC]]
+* [[TALC Cluster| TALC Cluster]] - Teaching and Learning Cluster (TALC) is a cluster created by Research Computing Services to support academic courses and workshops.
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-|description=TALC is a cluster to support academic courses and workshops.
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-* [[General Cluster Guidelines and Policies]]
-* [[TALC Cluster Guide|TALC Cluster Guide]]
-* [[TALC Terms of Use]]
-* [[List of courses on TALC]]
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-* [[General Cluster Guidelines and Policies]]
-* [[MARC Cluster Guide]]
-* [[MARC accounts]]
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-|title=GLaDOS
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-* [[General Cluster Guidelines and Policies]]
-* [[GLaDOS Guide | GLaDOS cluster]]
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 * [[Jupyter Notebooks]]
 * [[ARC Software pages]]
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 == Running courses on HPC resources ==
 * [[TALC Cluster| TALC]] - Teaching and Learning Cluster (TALC) is a cluster created by Research Computing Services to support academic courses and workshops.
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 * [[Data storage options for UofC researchers]]
 * [[How to transfer data]]
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 ==What's New==
 * [[CHGI Transition]] - Information on the current CHGI Transition
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