OpenFlight Knowledge

Documentation, guides & information from the OpenFlight project

HPC Concepts (9 pages)
Introduction to HPC concepts and things to consider when designing an HPC environment, originally written 2018 and updated in 2023

HPC Environment Basics (4 pages)
Basics of using Linux within the context of a HPC environment along with additional guidance on common HPC cluster resource managers, originally written 2018 and updated in 2023

CLI Basics (4 pages)
Covers a few of the basics of using the CLI, for use as an introduction or refresher. If you would like to know more about using linux, there are a large number of tutorials available online.

Working with Data and Files (0 pages)
Accessing data, common ways that data can be shared and some options for archival in a HPC environment

Job Schedulers (0 pages)
Information about jobs, including what they do, what different types are available and how they might be used

SLURM (0 pages)
How to useThe SLURM research environment job-scheduler - an open-source project used by many HPC environments around the world