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title: Intro to HPC and SLURM

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# Introduction to HPC and SLURM


## Links

This page: https://hackmd.io/@geCDU4d7QymCcqerGyvBBw/WEHI-HPC-April

- [Slurm Workshop material](https://wehi-researchcomputing.github.io/Workshop-IntroToHPC-Slurm/)
- [WEHI Ondemand](https://ondemand.hpc.wehi.edu.au)
- [Teams Meeting Link](https://teams.microsoft.com/l/meetup-join/19%3ameeting_N2U4OGM4OGItOGE3OS00OTBlLTk0NjgtMTllN2U0M2JhNDli%40thread.v2/0?context=%7b%22Tid%22%3a%22aa7c72e2-c5cf-4a40-a22a-a585c04ca07c%22%2c%22Oid%22%3a%22a871b4ad-ee77-4460-b426-4065900ff560%22%7d) 
Meeting ID: 461 936 463 653
Passcode: G8GDrC




## Survey
[Post workshop survey](https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=4nJ8qs_FQEqiKqWFwEygfK20cah37mBEtCZAZZAP9WBUOFlFSTZRQVlJTDRCRjA3VFlaTTNSWEw5TC4u)


## Instructors
- Edward Yang
- Adam Taranto 


## Attendees
 - Natasha Anstee
 - Harrison Mueller
 - Farhad Goodarzy
 - Bronwyn Grinton
 - Jeralyn Wen Hui Ching
 - Patrick Wang
 - Gabrielle White
 - Nic Ristevski
 - Ashleigh Solano
 - Cindy Shen
 - Shaian Tavakolian
 - Reza Ghamsari
 - Annelise Quig
 - Sara Berent

## Schedule

| Time     | Duration | Topic                                   | Subtopics                                                                                     |
|----------|----------|-----------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------|
| 10am     | 15m      | 1. What is a HPC?                       | Why would I be interested in High Performance Computing (HPC)?                                |
| 10:15am  | 21m      | 2. Accessing Milton                     | How do I log in to Milton?                                                                    |
|          |          |                                         | Where can I store my data?                                                                    |
| 10:36am  | 19m      | 3. Environment Modules                  | How do we load and unload software packages?                                                  |
| 10:55am  | 10m      | Break                                   |                                                                                               |
| 11:05am  | 20m      | 5. Introducing Slurm                    | What is a scheduler and why does a cluster need one?                                          |
|          |          |                                         | What is a partition?                                                                          |
| 11:25am  | 50m      | 6. Submitting a Job                     | How do I launch a program to run on a compute node in the cluster?                            |
|          |          |                                         | How do I capture the output of a program that is run on a node in the cluster?                |
|          |          |                                         | How do I change resource requested or time-limit?                                             |
| 12:15pm  | 40m      | Lunch Break                             |                                                                                               |
| 12:55pm  | 22m      | 7. Evaluating Jobs                      | How to evaluate a completed job?                                                              |
|          |          |                                         | How to set event notification for your jobs?                                                  |
| 1:17pm   | 10m      | Break                                   |                                                                                               |
| 1:27pm   | 22min    | 9. Slurm Commands                       | How to use Slurm commands?                                                                    |
| 1:49     | 10m      | 10. Interactive Slurm Jobs              | How to start and exit an interactive Slurm job?                                               |
| 2pm      |          | Finish + Survey                         |                                                                                               |