Debian mirror at GSI The HPC Department maintains a mirror of the Debian Archive for software deployment on the LinuxFarm. The archives are available for use insi...
Erste Schritte mit einem Linux Rechner der GSI Zahlreiche Informationen zur Verwendung eines Benutzerkontos der GSI finden sich auf der offiziellen GSI Webseite ...
Upgrade to Debian 4.0 (Etch) Some of this information may be obsolete! We are currently upgrading to Debian Etch. Large portions of the BatchFarm are already runn...
Fair Share Fair share is the name of the LSF method to calculate user priorities. Scheduling of new jobs of any user is based on this priority. It is calculated ...
First steps with Linux at GSI Numerous information about using your account at GSI is available on the official GSI web page: https://www.gsi.de/it service # Log...
Frequently Asked Questions What is the meaning of these "lx" host names anyway? → MachineTypes How can I use the HPC resources to do some calculations? → Clust...
Linux farm overview The so called Linux Farm is a centrally managed network of computers running Debian Linux. To get more detailed information please take a look...
LSF Load Sharing Facility Load Sharing Facility (LSF) ist ein Cluster Monitor und Queueing System. Interaktive und Batch Jobs werden mit Hilfe einer intelligente...
Upgrade to Debian 3.1 (Sarge) The upgrade of the GSI LinuxFarm from Debian 3.0 (Woody) to 3.1 (Sarge) has been completed. Preparations for booting into Sarge Bes...
Software policy On a Linux system, there's technically no problem to install software in arbitrary location i. e. your HomeDirectory. On the other hand it mig...
For the VirgoCluster IT provides multiple container based OS images to choose from. See https://hpc.gsi.de/virgo/platform/software.html#application environment Th...
Linux at GSI Contact * The Linux group announces operational issues on https://gsi.de/it status * Important issues are also communicated via the GSI LIN...
Notification service GSI Wiki provides you with a facility to be automatically notified by e mail when topics change in this Linux web. This is a convenient servi...
Upgrade to Debian Wheezy The current oldstable Debian version is called Wheezy. The Debian version is 7.x with x == 9 as of September 2015. If you are coming dire...