compute.md

Compute

• Operating Systems

  • Unix
  • Linux
  • Windows
    • WSL (Windows subsytem for Linux - Ubuntu)
    • Putty (Terminal access only)
  • Mac - also built from Unix

• Hardware

  • Storage
  • Memory
  • CPU
  • Network
  • Backup

• Network

  • Security/Access
  • Speed
    • Internal
    • External
  • Shared storage access
    • Internal
    • External

• Personal computer

  • relatively low compute
  • closeness to files
  • control security influences
    • installation
    • network speeds

• Server

  • Single computer
  • Easy setup
  • Low cost
  • Limited

• High Performance Computing (HPC)

  • Linux
  • Login and compute nodes
  • Scheduler
    • Slurm
  • Permissions
  • Parallel file system
  • Shared resources
  • Growth potential

• Cloud computing

  • AWS/Azure
  • Expense
  • Attainable
  • Data transfer
  • Shared storage

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