Articles and Guides · UCREL Hex

A collection of guides written by members of the UCREL organisation at Lancaster University.

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Guides

Step-by-step walkthroughs for getting things done on Hex and related systems.

Basic Linux Tools - Terminal Commands By John Vidler linux slurm Connecting to Hex over SSH By John Vidler slurm Dask on Hex By John Vidler dask python slurm Getting BEDE Access. By Henry Oldroyd GPU Accelerated Jupyter Notebooks By John Vidler managed-metal python How to get access to the HEC. By Henry Oldroyd Keeping VSCode Tidy with Profiles By John Vidler tools Other Training Courses By John Vidler hpc linux training Python Virtual Environments By John Vidler python slurm Running a job on BEDE By Henry Oldroyd Running a Job on the HEC By Henry Oldroyd Running Slurm Jobs on Hex By John Vidler python slurm Structured Script Output with ucrel_sections By John Vidler python Using VSCode to connect to Hex By John Vidler slurm

Articles

Background reading, comparisons and notes.

Deciding Project Requirements. By Henry Oldroyd Free Cloud Credits for Academics! By Henry Oldroyd Hardware Comparison By Henry Oldroyd Odds and Ends By Various Authors