Helpful Tools and Resources for Research

UW ARCC maintains a number of tools and resources to assist our users. These are detailed with links below providing directions for how to use them.

HPC Tools and Resources

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ARCC-Only Accounts

Provided for non-uwyo users to gain access to ARCC clusters without an active UWYO account

Conda

A software environment management tool to compartmentalize software packages and stacks to prevent dependency and compatibility issues associated with the installation of software packages.

OnDemand

Provides a highly accessible, web-based interface to interact with our HPC cluster.

Jupyter

A popular open-source browser-based web application for data science and data analysis, often used for teaching, sharing concepts, prototyping, interactively presenting work, and exploratory data analysis

SSH Key Manager

Allows users to configure SSH keys on the cluster, and download them for configuration on local clients in order to set up a convenient method for cluster authentication over SSH.

Tmux

A terminal multiplexer; Provides the ability for users to launch multiple persistent shell sessions from a single SSH session. The persistence of these sessions allows them to remain active and still run, even if network connections are closed.

Data Transfer Tools and Resources

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Globus

A web based GUI providing access to data storage, easy methods for sharing data with others both internally and externally, and high speed data syncs and transfers.

Globus Connect Personal

An installable program allowing users to transfer and sync files between local computers and Globus online endpoints.

OnDemand File & Directory Explorer

A web based GUI allowing users to browse cluster storage, access cluster data, and transfer smaller data and files between the cluster and their local system.

RClone

A powerful multi-threaded command line based tool supporting a wide range of storage types. Used for managing data and files between storage services.

SMB

A protocol to mount data storage as a drive

Miscellaneous Tools and Resources

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Gitlab

Provides a locally hosted, collaborative code development repository for research groups.