Using shared resources responsibly

Questions

• How can I be a responsible user?

• How can I protect my data?

• How can I best get large amounts of data off an HPC system?

Objectives

• Learn how to be a considerate shared system citizen.

• Understand how to protect your critical data.

• Appreciate the challenges with transferring large amounts of data off HPC systems.

• Understand how to convert many files to a single archive file using tar.

Keypoints

• Be careful how you use the login node.

• Your data on the system is your responsibility.

• Plan and test large data transfers.

• It is often best to convert many files to a single archive file before transferring.

• Again, don’t run stuff on the login node.

The lesson episode is to discuss together this documentation page.