RTIS-GPU-01

RTIS-GPU-01 is a GNU/Linux HPC compute node managed by RTIS and available to researchers at the Christchurch Heart Institute.

This is a physical server located in the Dunedin data centre, and has 64GB memory, 32-core Ryzen and an RTX A6000 GPU.

Access

Once you have been onboarded, you should be able to authenticate using your University credentials.

The most convenient way to launch graphical applications such as EPI2ME Labs is via a web browser, connecting to https://rtis-gpu-01.uod.otago.ac.nz:3300.

This is using FastX with a self-signed certificate; You will need to accept a security warning override in your browser the first time. Once logged in using your UO username and password, you can select and launch EPI2ME Labs or other graphical applications.

Alternatively if you are comfortable with the commandline, you can use SSH to log in to the server.

SSH

From a terminal window, connect using SSH:

ssh <username>@rtis-gpu-01.uod.otago.ac.nz

(Or use your favourite SSH client, specifying rtis-gpu-01.uod.otago.ac.nz as the host.)

Authenticate using your University credentials.

Software

EPI2ME Labs can be launched from the FastX Applications list, or by running epi2melabs from a terminal in an otherwise X-enabled session.

Storage

The uoc-chi-faatoese-phs HCS share is mounted on /mnt/hcs/uoc-chi-faatoese-phs.
Other HCS shares can be mounted in an ad-hoc way, by navigating to /mnt/auto-hcs/<HCS sharename>. This will only work from a terminal. Once the share is auto-mounted, it can be accessed from the GUI as well.
Fast temporary scratch space is a work in progress

Data transfer

Large data can be transferred to and from the mounted HCS share(s).
FastX has a built-in file manager, which allows for uploading and downloading files. This is mostly useful for the odd small file. (During an active session, this option is hidden away under the folder icon in the collapsable menu at the top center)
You can use an SCP/SFTP client to transfer files directly to and from your workstation.