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-<title> Best practices and smart use of the HPC resources </title>+{{METATOC 1-5}}
  
  
-This page gives best practices and tips on how to use the clusters **Baobab** and **Yggdrasil**. 
  
 ====== Introduction ====== ====== Introduction ======
 +This page gives best practices and tips on how to use the clusters **Baobab** and **Yggdrasil**.
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 An HPC cluster is an advanced, complex and always-evolving piece of technology. It's easy to forget details and make mistakes when using one, so don't hesitate to check this section every now and then, yes, even if you are the local HPC guru in your team! There's always something new to learn ! An HPC cluster is an advanced, complex and always-evolving piece of technology. It's easy to forget details and make mistakes when using one, so don't hesitate to check this section every now and then, yes, even if you are the local HPC guru in your team! There's always something new to learn !
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 For your first steps we recommend the following : For your first steps we recommend the following :
   * Check the [[hpc:best_practices#rules_and_etiquette|Rules and etiquette]].   * Check the [[hpc:best_practices#rules_and_etiquette|Rules and etiquette]].
-  * Connect to the login node of the cluster you are planning to use :  +  * Connect to the login node of the cluster you are planning to use : [[hpc:access_the_hpc_clusters|Access : SSH, X2GO]]
-    * [[hpc:access_the_hpc_clusters|Access : SSH, X2GO]]+
   * Check the rest of this page for best practices and smart use of the HPC resources.   * Check the rest of this page for best practices and smart use of the HPC resources.
     * [[hpc:best_practices#stop_wasting_resources|This page contains important information]]! You can hog resources and/or wait much longer than you could if you don't request the right amount of time for your job, if you ask too much (or not enough) resources, if you are not using the right partition, etc.      * [[hpc:best_practices#stop_wasting_resources|This page contains important information]]! You can hog resources and/or wait much longer than you could if you don't request the right amount of time for your job, if you ask too much (or not enough) resources, if you are not using the right partition, etc. 
-  * Understand how to load your libraries/application with ''module'' +  * Understand how to load your libraries/application with ''module''[[applications_and_libraries|Applications and libraries]] 
-    * [[applications_and_libraries|Applications and libraries]] +  * Learn how to write a Slurm ''sbatch'' script[[slurm|Slurm and job management]]
-  * Learn how to write a Slurm ''sbatch'' script +
-    * [[slurm|Slurm and job management]]+
  
 ====== Rules and etiquette ====== ====== Rules and etiquette ======
hpc/best_practices.1670331903.txt.gz · Last modified: 2022/12/06 14:05 by Adrien Albert