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==Welcome To Viper!==
 
==Welcome To Viper!==
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Viper is the University of Hull's supercomputer and is located on-site with its own dedicated team to administrate it and develop applications upon it.
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Viper is the University of Hull's supercomputer and is located on-site with its own dedicated team to administrate it and support users with their jobs.
 
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'''What is a Supercomputer?'''
 
'''What is a Supercomputer?'''
  
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A supercomputer is a computer with a high level of computing performance compared to a general-purpose computer. It achieves this level of performance by allowing the user to split a large job into smaller computation tasks which then run in parallel, or by running a single task with many different scenarios on the data across parallel processing units.
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A supercomputer has a much higher level of processing power than a general purpose computer.  
  
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'''What are Supercomputers used for?'''
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Viper has 180 compute nodes, each with 28 processing cores and 128GB of memory. Additionally Viper has 4 high memory nodes with 1TB of memory, 4 GPU nodes, and 2 Visualisation nodes.
  
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Supercomputers generally aim for the maximum in capability computing. Capability computing is typically thought of as using the maximum computing power to solve a single large problem in the shortest amount of time. Often a capability system is able to solve a problem of a size or complexity that no other computer can, e.g., a very complex weather simulation application.
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'''Why is Viper useful?'''
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*Many jobs can be run at once
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*These jobs can be split into tasks and run in parallel
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*Using Viper frees up your personal computer
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*It can complete tasks that your personal computer may not have the resources for
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'''Who might use Viper?'''
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Viper is currently being used for:
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* Astrophysics
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* BioEngineering
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* Business School
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* Chemistry
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* Computer Science
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* Computation Linguistics
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* Geography
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* And many more
  
 
==New Users==
 
==New Users==

Revision as of 09:34, 27 October 2022

Welcome To Viper!

Viper is the University of Hull's supercomputer and is located on-site with its own dedicated team to administrate it and support users with their jobs.

CroppedHPC-01.jpg

What is a Supercomputer?

A supercomputer has a much higher level of processing power than a general purpose computer.

Viper has 180 compute nodes, each with 28 processing cores and 128GB of memory. Additionally Viper has 4 high memory nodes with 1TB of memory, 4 GPU nodes, and 2 Visualisation nodes.

Why is Viper useful?

  • Many jobs can be run at once
  • These jobs can be split into tasks and run in parallel
  • Using Viper frees up your personal computer
  • It can complete tasks that your personal computer may not have the resources for


Who might use Viper?

Viper is currently being used for:

  • Astrophysics
  • BioEngineering
  • Business School
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science
  • Computation Linguistics
  • Geography
  • And many more

New Users

New to Viper? Here is a step by step guide to help you run your first job.

What is Viper

Apply for an account (campus only)

Getting Connected

Linux command line

Modules

Interactive Sessions

Slurm

Batch Jobs

Data Backup

Tutorial Videos

Support

User Drop-in Sessions

Tutorial Videos

Get VPN Access

Support Portal

Further Topics

Additional information on more specific topics.

Further Topics

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