HOWTO, Springer/Wu/Hur Lab, BCH

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Site Overview:

Members of the Springer, Wu and Hur Labs at the Children’s Hospital Boston have access to six Linux workstations; all running SBGrid Software Collection (see below). The Linux computers share authentication and data directories and can be accessed remotely by SSH (see instructions).

Research Computing support is provided by SBGrid - contact them here .

Shared Workstations:

Name	OS	Hardware Configuration	Location	Notes
tsl1	Sci Linux 6.5	Intel Core i7 at 3.20GHz. 6 cores. 32GB of RAM. Nvidia Quadro 4000.	CLS 03098	Last checked: 11/19/2014, Owned by Springer
tsl2	Sci Linux 6.6	Intel Core i7 at 3.20GHz. 6 cores. 32GB of RAM. Nvidia Quadro 4000.	CLS 03098	Last checked: 11/19/2014, Owned by Springer
tsl3	Sci Linux 6.6	Intel Core i7 at 3.20GHz. 6 cores. 32GB of RAM. Nvidia Quadro 4000.	CLS 03098	Last checked: 11/19/2014, Owned by Springer
tsl4	Sci Linux 6.4	Intel Core i7 at 3.20GHz. 6 cores. 32GB of RAM. Nvidia Quadro 4000.	CLS 03098	Last checked: 11/19/2014, Owned by Springer
sun	Sci Linux 6.4	Intel Core Duo CPU at 3.33GHz. 2 cores. 8GB of RAM. Nvidia Quadro FX 3700	CLS 03098	Last checked: 11/19/2014, Owned by Wu
moon	Sci Linux 6.4	Intel Core Duo CPU at 3.33GHz. 2 cores. 8GB of RAM. Nvidia Quadro 4000.	CLS 03098	Last checked: 11/19/2014, Owned by Wu

Data Backups:

Full and incremental backups of SBGrid file servers are conducted. This includes your home and data directories. In general, backups are kept for three months, and then are stored on physical media for archival purposes. If you need a file restored, please contact SBGrid here.

#Printing:

A Xerox Phaser 6700DN is located in the hallway outside CLS 03098. If you are having issues with printing,  please contact SBGrid here .

#Remote access:

Please follow this link for details on how to remotely connect to the workstations.

##Networking and General IT Support:

Contact Children’s help desk at (617) 919 4357 or at help.desk@childrens.harvard.edu .

• Using SBGrid programs
• Getting help from SBGrid
• Other Resources