HOWTO, Gaudet Lab, Harvard University
This is an old wiki page and is out-of-date. It's been retained as some of this information may still be useful.
Site Overview:
Members of the Gaudet Lab at Harvard University have access to two graphical workstations , Pioneer and Cobincho, and a regular workstation ‘Curry’, all running a large collection of structural biology software. The linux workstations share authentication and data directories. Pioneer contains a license for running HKL2000.
Research Computing support is provided by SBGrid. P lease contact SBGrid here .
Workstations:
Name | Operating System | Hardware Configuration | Location | Last Checked | Notes |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
cobincho | CentOS 6.5, | Intel Core i7 CPU at 3.6GHz, 4 Cores. 32 GB of RAM. Nvidia Quadro 4000. | NW 305 | 10/24/2014 | |
curry | CentOS 6.5 | Intel Core i7 CPU at 2.8GHz, 4 Cores. 2GB of RAM. Nvidia Quadro FX 380. | NW 305 | 10/27/2014 | |
pioneer | CentOS 6.4 | Intel Core i7 CPU at 3.6GHz, 4 Cores. 32 GB of RAM. Nvidia Quadro 4000. | NW 305 | 10/24/2014 | HKL2000 licensed system. |
Printers:
Name | Model | Location | Notes |
---|---|---|---|
carmen | HP LaserJet 4700 | Computer Lab | color printer |
vger | Ricoh Aficio C410 | Wet Lab | color printer |
Using SBGrid programs:
All applications are located in /programs
directory and are configured to run without additional settings. In most cases, you will easily be able to run any
program in the collection by opening up a terminal shell, and typing the name
of the program that you want to run.
Data Replication:
Data is replicated to a secondary server. Snapshots are taken every hour and kept for 24 hours. Additionally, 7 daily snapshots are kept, 8 weeks, and up to 12 months. If you need a file restored, please contact SBGrid here .
##Remote access:
SSH access is available through galactica.mcb.harvard.edu . Remote access is not enabled by default. If you need to access Galactica remotely, please contact SBGrid here .
##Networking and General IT Support:
To report problems regarding the network at Harvard University, or general computing support, contact the Harvard University Help desk.