This wiki is for users of the Hebrew University Research Computing Services (HURCS).
PIs (principal investigators) who have registered to use the center's storage or compute services must first create a username and password before their group members can register as well, and all should set up their preferred OTP (one-time password) method before they can login.
If you are new to Linux, large-scale computing, remote access, and storage options - start here.
We encourage all visitors to briefly go over the wiki pages before using the cluster.
For a brief tutorial presenting the HURCS group and the services provided, see our Training sessions presentations and recordings page.
The Services part of the HURCS group can be separated into these main parts:
The following pages describe the basic technical processes of logging in to the HURCS network, transferring files to and from the HURCS storage services, and running ‘Jobs’ on the Moriah compute cluster.
These pages provide more extended information on the HURCS storage tiers, billing, storage and resource administration, as well as some more advanced information on the SLURM system.
Various software packages are made available on the HURCS servers, along with IDEs for most common frameworks and an advanced module system for fine tuning the available versions of applications and drivers.
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Welcome!
The Hebrew University Research Computing Services group provides members of all university units with high-assurance storage solutions, high-performance computing solutions as well as hosting and deployment of web-applications and other online services.
Whether you are a new or existing PI that wishes to subscribe to any of our services, or whether you would like to add new users to your lab account, see our Account Management page for more details on registering with HURCS.
If you've already registered with HURCS and are now the proud owner of a username and password (along with a way to generate One-Time Passwords), then you can proceed to log-in to the cluster.
The Moriah cluster, as well as most High-Performance Computing services run an operating system called Linux. While Linux as an operating system is very different to the more common Windows OS, it shares some historic ancestor with Mac-OS, so mac users may be more familiar with working in a Linux shell environment.
In these next few pages, we will introduce you to the basic principles of using the command line and Linux in general. Starting with the various ways you can access the HURCS servers:
Once you are logged in to the cluster, you will be greeted by the blinking cursor in the terminal window, waiting for your input