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Data-intensive computing is a growing problem. In high-performance computing particularly when the data has to transferred to or from an external source. While HPCVL has a high-speed conection to...
Visit the Java Test Page, and make sure your java is working properly, and is a version listed below for your OS/Browser combination. If java is not working properly, please address this issue first...
HPCVL has greatly increased the number of available Fluent licenses in early February 2011. The license agreement now covers 50 program runs plus 800 parallel processes, which is almost twice the...
The latest version of the computational-quantum-chemistry software "Gaussian" is available on our systems. This isG09 Rev B.01.The program executables are installed in /opt/gaussian/g09, and may be...
The current ADF installation on HPCVL systems is the 2009.01 version. Note that **this version is the default**. To use this software, please type or include in your setup files the command:use...
Apart from a substantial increase in available disk space, some other alteration have been made to our systems:The new default for MPI programs is now ClusterTools 8.1 instead of CT 7.1. This means...
The nodes of computer clusters such as our Victoria Falls cluster are often multi-core and each core may support multiple threads. This suggests a two-layer approach when programming new codes or...
HPCVL has acquired Matlab Distributed-Computing Server licenses that allow Matlab users to submit parallel Matlab jobs to our clusters. For details, see our Matlab FAQ.
To submit jobs to the Victoria Falls Cluster, a few additional lines in your Grid Engine submission script are necessary. Please check out the details here.
Execution limits for the three main clusters at HPCVL have been implemented to provide greater flexibility in scheduling user applications.Users are limited to eight (8) executing jobs at any one...
The current version of the HPCVL Working Template (HWT) is v5.3. The HWT provides an advanced toolkit for the parallelization of code, including Version Maintainance, Automatic Relative Debugging,...
HPCVL is requiring that all new users access central site resources through the HPCVL Secure Portal. Current users are encouraged to move to these resources as soon as possible. In time, we will be...
Please remember that all production jobs that are run on the HPCVL Sunfire cluster must be submitted via Grid Engine. Test and workup jobs may still be run outside of Grid Engine on sfnode0.Adherence...
HPCVL provides resources to many researchers external to the four CFI applicant institutions. The graph below shows external usage of the CFI funded CPU cluster at the central site. The Canada...
Experts at HPCVL (Carleton) are helping Medical researchers at University of Ottawa Heart Institute. Read article here.
Using HPCVL resources, Dr. F. Dehne and his team of researchers expect to have the entire Homo sapiens proteome complete within a few weeks. See details here.
An interesting article comparing shared and distributed-memory approaches to parallel computing can be found here.
An interesting article comparing shared and distributed-memory approaches to parallel computing can be found here
Article on future needs of Canadian researchers, Click here to read the article.
Article on the relationship between HPCVL and Sun Microsystems. Click here to read the article.
HPCVL has entered into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Center for Computing and Communication at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany. The partnership was developed through the Sun...
HPCWire published an article describing benefits of the Ultrasparc T2 based Victoria Falls cluster. Read the article here.
HPCWire runs article describing benefits of the Ultrasparc T2 based Victoria Falls cluster. Read the article here.
$88 Million Investment Creates National High Performance Computing Network. Read the Press Release here here...
The Ontario Government recently awarded HPCVL $11.5. Please the see press release here.
A summary of recent Sun HPC Consortium meeting in Tampa Bay, including a summary of HPCVL's Director Ken Edgecombes presentation, can be found here...
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HPCVL is pleased to announce the installation of eight Sun SPARC Enterprise M9000 systems. Each system has sixty-four 2.5 2 GHz quad-core SPARC 64 chips and 2 TB of RAM. The cluster has a TPP of over...
HPCVL is pleased to announce the availability of our Victoria Falls cluster. This cluster is based on Sun Microsystems 1.2GHz UltraSPARC T2+ processors which have eight CPU cores and each core...
HPCVL The High Performance Computing Virtual Laboratory (HPCVL) today announced the launch of its Secure Grid Portal (SGP). Read the Press Release here.
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HPCVL uses Sun technology to advance work in stem-cell research, economics, physics and psychology. Read the Article here...
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On November 16, 2002 HPCVL announced a partnership with the Numerical Algorithms Group. Please check here for the press release.
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