FAQ

General Information

How do I get access to Eureka2 or the Condor clusters?

Which clusters you can access depends on your research group or department affiliation. To see an overview of access criteria, click here.

Note that Condor clusters have various pools, each with certain access requirements. To find out which pool you are eligible for, click here.

Where can I get training opportunities?

Online training sessions and tutorials are available through Surrey Research Compute. See their Sharepoint site for a list of past and upcoming events.

You can also follow on-line courses on relevant subjects through the University’s LinkedIn Learning subscription. For a selection of interesting courses, see here.

I am new to research software engineering. Do you provide some guidance on best practises?

Yes, the RSEs are maintaining a guide on their SharePoint page, which gets updated on a regular basis.

Slurm Scheduler

How can I attach to a running Slurm job?

You can attach to a running Slurm job via the following command

Slurm command
1srun --pty --overlap --jobid MY-JOBID bash

Replacing YOUR-JOBID accordingly, this should give you a bash shell on the first node of your job.

Condor Scheduler

How do I get started on Condor cluster?

The University of Surrey’s GitLab includes more than 10 practise examples to guide you through the process of submitting jobs on Condor, ranging from a simple “Hello World” job to tasks involving Python, Matlab, Dockers, and more.

Data Storage

How do I request extra storage for my research data?

Project space provides managed storage for your research data beyond the available storage in your home directory. Explore how to request a project space here.

Note

This page is still being expanded.

Links to SharePoint pages require a Surrey account to view them.