HOWTO, Heldwein Lab, Tufts

This is an old wiki page and is out-of-date.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 Heldwein lab at Tufts University have access to three Linux computers and a Mac workstation running a large collection of structural biology software. The Linux computers share authentication and data directories and can be only accessed locally from within the lab. Lab members also have access to an HP LaserJet printer. Research Computing support is provided by SBGrid.  Please contact SBGrid here .

WOrkstations

Name OS Hardware Configuration Location Notes
ruby Sci Linux 6.5 Intel Core i7 at 3.20GHz. 6 cores. 16GB of RAM. Nvidia Quadro 400   Last checked: 11/13/2014
diamond CentOS 5 Intel Quad CPU at 2.66GHz. 4 cores. 4GB of RAM. Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT.   Last checked: 11/13/2014
beryl CentOS 5 Intel Quad CPU at 2.66GHz. 4 cores. 4GB of RAM. Nvidia GeForce 9600 GT.   Last checked: 11/13/2014

Storage and Backup:

Backup of /nfs/home, which is hosted via Tufts NAS, are performed by the IT group at Tufts University.

Using SBGrid programs:

All applications are located in /programs directory and are configured to run without additional settings.

Most of the software titles installed in the SBGrid Suite have several versions available. Typically, we try to provide at least three versions of each software package, although very old or very new applications may have fewer versions. To override the default version, follow these instructions.

Please refer to this page if you need information on how to run SBGrid programs remotely or locally on your machine.

General IT Support:

Support for office computing is provided by Tufts IT.