The DSTX local network at DMG - UniTS
If you are new to the DSTX network, and just got an account, here are the basics. A deeper description of the network configuration can be found here. You have to be (or get...) familiar with the Unix operating system, since all the computational jobs have to be launched typing commands into a Terminal window.
Connection from the outside world
Once you've received the instructions on how to connect to our system, proceed to is01 machine, dedicated to computational jobs:
ssh is01
Connection sitting in front of a local client computer
Enter your username and password at the login screen. Once logged in you may navigate the file system using the Finder. Not familiar with the Mac OS? Try exploring the Help menu...
To run computational jobs: open the Terminal application clicking on its icon in the Dock, at the bottom of the screen
and then type:
ssh is01
Then what?
There are three main RAID 5 volumes available for your computations:/XDST is meant for storage of basic components of the system and you should not save data on that volume
/bkXDST is meant for running jobs
/tmpXDST is meant for running jobs
Each user has a dedicated storage area on each RAID volume, named according to his/her/its short username. There is an alias to reach those areas, so you can just type:
cdd to get to directory /XDST/$USER
cdk to get to directory /bkXDST/$USER
cdt to get to directory /tmpXDST/$USER
When done…
After the computations are performed, and final results are produced (i.e. you are not going to process those results further, you should move them to one of the large volumes located on a storage-dedicated machine. On each of those volumes, each user has a dedicated storage area, named according to his/her/its short username. There is an alias to reach those areas, so you can just type:cd1 to get to directory /ten01/$USER
cd2 to get to directory /ten02/$USER
cd3 to get to directory /ten03/$USER
cd4 to get to directory /ten04/$USER
where $USER is actually the short username it has been assigned to you (e.g. /ten01/joe, /ten02/joe etc).
By default, two subdirectories have been automatically set up for you in /XDST/$USER:
src where you should put the source code you’ll eventually develop
bin where your executable files should be placed (and actually bin/10.6 for the executables that are used on is01)
Remember! Don't add anything else to /XDST/$USER, and use the /bkXDST/$USER and /tmpXDST/$USER directories for your computations. Move final results to one of the /ten0x/$USER volumes when done, and delete all temporary results produced on /bkXDST/$USER and /tmpXDST/$USER