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EaStCHEM RCF Support Pages
These pages provide support for users of the EaStCHEM Research Computing Facility (RCF). If you think there is anything missing or wrong then please send a message to andrew.turner@ed.ac.uk. If you have a specific query you can always post it on the EaStCHEM RCF Users Forum.
If you would like to see what is going on using the RCF or find someone to ask for help on a particular subject then take a look at our projects pages. These pages list the work on the RCF and the specialities of the various researchers using the facility.
The support documents are organized into various topics, user guides and how to documents. Select the topic, guide or how-to you are interested in or use the search tool to locate your information.
We also have a selection of Useful Links that may be of interest to you.
Projects
These pages will give you information on the projects on the RCF as well as the specialities of various researcher that use the RCF. It also lists publications of work that have used the RCF.
Project List - List of research projects on RCF and the people involved
Publication List - List of publications that the RCF contributed to
Researcher List - List of researchers using the RCF and their specialiaties
Topics
These documents provide an introduction to various aspects of the RCF.
Getting Started - Basic help on accessing and transferring files to/from the clusters
Job Submission - Information and help on submitting jobs to the clusters and grid. Also includes information on the queuing systems
Software Information - Further information on the computational chemistry software on the RCF
Computational Chemistry - Background information on computational chemistry. Introduction to the theory and methods available
Linux and Text Editors - Introduction to using the Linux command line and text editors on the clusters
Cheat Sheets - Handy quick references on Linux, Vi and the EaStCHEM RCF.
FAQ - Answers to some commonly asked questions here
Useful Links - Links to other pages and resources that may be of interest
User Guides
These are traditional user guides for various software installed on the clusters.
Job Submission
EaStCHEM SSP User Guide - User guide to the SSP (Submission Software Package) on the RCF
SGE User Guide - Sun Grid Engine User Guide
Compilers
Other Software
Libraries
How To
These documents provide step-by-step guides to performing tasks. If you can think of a useful addition to this list please let me know at andrew.turner@ed.ac.uk.