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Welcome to the bwHPC Wiki.

bwHPC represents services and resources in the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, for High Performance Computing (HPC), Data Intensive Computing (DIC) and Large Scale Scientific Data Management (LS2DM).

The main bwHPC web page is at https://www.bwhpc.de/.

Many topics depend on the cluster system you use. First choose the cluster you use, then select the correct topic.

Courses / eLearning

eLearning and Online Courses Introduction to Linux in HPC (external resource)

Need Access to a Cluster?

When (not) to use a HPC Cluster Registration

HPC System Specific Documentation

bwHPC Clusters are dedicated to specific research domains. Documentation differs between compute clusters, please see cluster specific overview pages: bwUniCluster 2.0 General Purpose, Teaching bwForCluster JUSTUS 2 Theoretical Chemistry, Condensed Matter Physics, and Quantum Sciences bwForCluster Helix Structural and Systems Biology, Medical Science, Soft Matter, Computational Humanities, and Mathematics and Computer Science bwForCluster NEMO Neurosciences, Particle Physics, Materials Science, and Microsystems Engineering bwForCluster BinAC Bioinformatics, Geosciences and Astrophysics.

bwHPC Clusters: operational status Further Compute Clusters in Baden-Württemberg (separate access policies): Datenanalyse Cluster der Hochschulen (DACHS): Datenanalyse Cluster der Hochschulen (DACHS) bwHPC tier 1: Hawk (getting access) bwHPC tier 2: HoreKa (getting access)

Documentation valid for all Clusters

Software Modules and software documentation explained List of Software on all clusters Software Development and Parallel Programming Energy Efficient Cluster Usage HPC Glossary Scientific Data Storage For user guides of the scientific data storage services: SDS@hd bwDataArchive bwSFS Associated, but local scientific storage services are: LSDF Online Storage (only for KIT and KIT partners) Data Management Data Transfer Research Data Management (RDM) contact persons Portal for Research Data Management (Forschungsdaten.info) Support Support is provided by the bwHPC Competence Centers: Submit a Ticket Acknowledgement Please acknowledge our resources in your publications.