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## Flinders Staff / HDR Students

1. Fire of a ServiceOne Ticket asking for Access to the HPC
1. Create a ServiceOne Ticket asking for Access to the HPC.

2. Pick your Operating System ([Unix/Linux/MacOS](#unix-linux-macos) or [Windows](#windows) )

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- [Putty](https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html)
- [KiTTY](http://www.9bis.net/kitty/#!pages/download.md)
- [BitVise Client](https://www.bitvise.com/download-area)
- [MobaXterm](https://mobaxterm.mobatek.net/)

#### Getting Connected on Windows

Open PuTTy, and you are presented with this screen:

![](../../_static/puttyAccessImage.png)
![](../_static/puttyAccessImage.png)

- Fill in the hostname to be: deepthought.flinders.edu.au,
- Change the Connection Type to SSH
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If all has gone well, you will be presented with this screen:

![](../../_static/puttyLoginImage.png)
![](../_static/puttyLoginImage.png)

- Your Username is your FAN
- Your Password is your FAN Password.
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Upon a successful login, you should get a screen similar to this:

![](../../_static/loginOKImage.png)
![](../_static/loginOKImage.png)

If so, you are now connected and ready to start using the HPC!
If so, you are now connected and ready to start using the HPC.

#### SSH Keys on Windows

As with the Unix/Linux/MacOS system, you may also setup SSH Keys for password-less logins. Be sure to follow the specific instructions for your client, as they will differ!
As with the Unix/Linux/MacOS system, you may also setup SSH Keys for password-less logins. Be sure to follow the specific instructions for your client, as they will differ.
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These steps are the same as the installation for IsoSeq3, but given how often this particular python package gives the support team issues, it gets its own section!

* conda install -c conda-forge -c bioconda bx-python


What can I do on the Head Node?
================================
The head nodes are for small, 'Less than 10 minutes' (as a rough guide), small jobs.
Things like:

* Compiling software
* Copying / Decompressing Files
* Preparing Scripts

As a good rule, if it takes more than 10-15 minutes or > 2GB RAM, it should be run a SLURM Job, not on the head nodes.
Anything that uses too many resources on the head nodes will be *Terminated* **WITHOUT WARNING**.


My Mount Point at /r_drive or /mnt is missing!
===============================================
Anything under those directories above are set to transparent auto-mount.
Try and move to a directory or touch a file, and the operating system will mount and surface the locations for you
automatically.
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# Transferring Files to Deepthought
# Transferring Files to DeepThought

Transferring files to the HPC will change depending upon your OS. Thankfully, there are some excellent tools that take this from 'potentially-scary' to 'click a button or two'.
Transferring files to the HPC will change depending upon your OS. Thankfully, there are some excellent tools that take this from 'potentially-scary' to 'click a button or two'.

## Before we get started

The HPC is a little different that your desktop at home when it comes to storage (not just computing power!). It's a shared resource, so we cant store everybody's data for all time - there just isn't enough space!

So, we have two main storage locations we use which are:

- /home/$FAN
- /scratch/$FAN

There are also two location that treated specially:

- /mnt/
- /r_drive/

Both of these locations will surface research specific mount points on request. If you have access to these locations, they auto-mount **on usage**. That is, simply try and touch or access the correct location that you have access to, and it will be handled automatically for you.

### /Home

Your 'home' directories. This is a small amount of storage to store your small bits and pieces. This is the analogous to the Windows 'Documents' folder.

At a command promp, your home directory usually gets shortened to ~/ - we will cover this more in the Linux Guide.

#### What to store in /home

Here is a rough guide as to what should live in your /home/$FAN directory. In general, you want small, little things is here.

- SLURM Scripts
- Results from Jobs.
- 'Small' Data-Sets (<1GB)

### /Scratch

Scratch is your working space. Whenever you are running a job, it should be running in the the /scratch area. This storage area is quicker and isolated from the others - meaning that even under high usage you are not going to slow down much (if at all) waiting to read data to or from the disks.

It's also much, much larger than your /home area. Some of the working data-sets we have seen on Deep Thought have gotten out to Multiple Terabytes! Thankfully, /scratch can handle this, however /home would not.

#### What to store in /scratch

Here is a rough guide as to what should live in your /scratch/$FAN directory. In general, anything large, bulky and only needed for a little while should go here.

- Job Working Data-sets
- Intermediate files
Before we start, ensure that you have read the [Storage Overview & Usage Guidelines](../Storage/storageusage.html).

## Transferring Files

All file-transfers are done via Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP). As was the same with the 'Getting Access', pick your platform:
All file-transfers are done via Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP), or Secure Copy Protocol (SCP). Other options, like the tool RSync are also usable. This guide will focus upon the GUI based tools, using SFTP.

### Linux/Unix File Transfers

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#### Transferring Files to the HPC

To upload files to DeepThought, the simplest method is to open a Terminal window.
When using a *NIX based system, using the terminal is the fastest way to upload files to the HPC.

#### The Quick Version

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![](../_static/WinSCPSSHKeyNotice.png)

A connection to Deep Thought will then be created - login using your FAN and password. If all goes well, you will be treated to this screen:
A connection to Deep Thought will then be created. If all goes well, you will be treated to this screen:

![](../_static/WinSCPConnected.png)

You can now drag and drop files between your computer (Left-hand side) and DeepThought (Right-hand side).
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# Linux Commands: HPC Style

We try not to re-invent the wheel, and there is already an excellent guide for basic linux commands, written by the excellent people at Harvard. Head on over to [here](https://informatics.fas.harvard.edu/basic-unix-workshop.html) and have a read!
We try not to re-invent the wheel, and there is already a wonderful guide for basic linux commands, written by the excellent people at Harvard. Head on over to [here](https://informatics.fas.harvard.edu/basic-unix-workshop.html) and have a read!

## Tips and Tricks

If you want more from your command line, they have a [useful tips and tricks](https://informatics.fas.harvard.edu/unix-command-line-tips-and-tricks.html) guide that should keep you satisfied.

## Help! I have no idea

Stuck? No idea what Unix is? Linux? BSD? This all complete gibbersh-and-gobbldegook to you? If so, head on over to a [Introduction to UNIX and the Command Line](https://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/training/intro_unix/latest/#(1)) that should help get you up to speed.
Stuck? No idea what Unix is? Linux? BSD? This all complete gibbersh-and-gobbldegook to you? If so, head on over to a [Introduction to UNIX and the Command Line](https://software.rc.fas.harvard.edu/training/intro_unix/latest/#(1)) that will help get you up to speed on the interface of choice for High-Performance Computing.
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