Quick Start

Basic information

The ICTS High Performance Cluster uses SLURM to schedule jobs. There is one head node that researchers login to in order to submit jobs. The /home and /scratch partitions on the head node are mounted on all worker nodes, regardless of series.

The head node is called hpc.uct.ac.za as well as hex.uct.ac.za. These two names can be used interchangeably.

How to get started

• Read through the Acceptable Usage Policy (AUP)
• Apply for an account
  • Ensure your PI or supervisor is ready to respond to the approval email
  • Log into the ServiceNow Portal
  • Complete your application on ServiceNow
• Log into the HPC
• Transfer or mount your data source