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Introduction to HPC

An introduction to High Performance Computing (HPC) services at NC State

What is HPC?
Who should use HPC?
What resources are available for beginning and advanced users of HPC?

Request Access

See the Request Access for information and instruction for gaining access to HPC.

For research, NC State faculty members can request an HPC project. One HPC project for research is available per faculty member.
For education, faculty may request an additional HPC project specifically for students enrolled in a course.
The Request Access link also provides information on gaining access for researchers at partner universities (ECU, UNCG, and UNCW).

To manage or add additional NC State Unity IDs to an existing project, or to request research storage, use the OIT Research Services web portal.

Documentation

To get started, see this overview of the documentation or jump to the Quick Start Tutorial.

After learning the basics, use these quick links for reference:

Resources

The HPC center has various hardware and software resources. See the available hardware and storage options, monitor the cluster status, or investigate the system installed software.

Please contact us to ask a question, report a problem, or to request a consultation.

Proposals and Publications

Statement of available resources for proposals

High Performance Computing Services Available to Researchers - a document containing boilerplate language for contracts and grant proposals.

Preferred citation for compute resources or consulting services

Please acknowledge compute resources as:

We acknowledge the computing resources provided by North Carolina State University High Performance Computing Services Core Facility (RRID:SCR_022168).

and acknowledge any significant user support resources as:

We also thank consultant name(s) for their assistance with (describe tasks such as porting, optimization, visualization, etc.).

Upcoming Events, Outreach, and Training

HPC User Forums

These are typically schedulded during the first week of each month.

The next User Forum will be Monday, May 5th at 3:30pm EDT via Zoom. Link will be distributed to group-hpc-announcements

Upcoming forums

Monday, May 5th at 3:30pm
Friday, June 6th at 1:30pm
Monday, July 7th at 3:30pm
Monday, August 4th at 3:30pm

Slides from previous forums

HPC training workshops

Basic use of the Hazel cluster

This all virtual, online introductory course gives an overview of using NC States's Hazel cluster for beginners. The class includes essential Linux commands, logging in, file transfer, storage options, running basic applications with simple job scripts, and submitting parallel jobs.