Are you a candidate for High Performance Computing (HPC)?
- Are your data sets getting big enough to crash your desktop computer?
- Does your simple analysis program only take an hour...but you need to run it 1000 times?
- Are your lab computers covered with threatening Post-it notes saying Running Simulation: DO NOT REBOOT ?
When you can't perform your research in a reasonable amount of time with the resources you have on hand, it is time to discover HPC.
How do I get started?
High Performance Computing Services, available through NC State's Office of Information Technology (OIT), provides entry and intermediate level computing resources and consulting support for research and instruction.
Any faculty member can request a project on the HPC at no charge. Faculty may also request a temporary HPC project specific to a course number and section.
Graduate students, postdocs, and other collaborators must be added to a project by the faculty PI.
IT staff may request to be added to the HPC Support group.
Directors of Core Facilities or other university group leaders may also request an HPC project. Please contact HPC to discuss the details of an HPC project for the group.
To get started:
- Go to the Request Access page for instructions on how to start a project
What if you're not a 'computer person'?
If the idea of HPC is intimidating, please note that one of the services of OIT's HPC group is user support and training.
We currently have:
- A website with extensive documentation, including video tutorials hosted on our YouTube Channel
- A text based Quick Start Tutorial or a Video Tutorial that takes you from basic Linux all the way through to submitting parallel jobs
- Consultation and support for using HPC in the classroom
- Formal workshops, training events, and office hours
- An open invitation for personal consultations in the form of group specific consultations or training, one-on-one discussions, or virtual meetings with Google Meet or Zoom
What if you're a 'computer person' ready to take the next step?
HPC staff are not domain experts and do not know every software package, but they can give you advice on:
- Workflow automation and optimization
- Code profiling and performance monitoring
- Parallel programming
- Scientific modeling and visualization
We look forward to working with you.
So take a look at what OIT-HPC has to offer and schedule a consultation any time.