Following are instructions for using some of the Lariat resources. Information in these documents may also be useful for setting up new resources.

• Compute on Anomaly (SGI Altix)

  CCB and Lariat are making available an SGI Altix supercomputer for development of parallel MATLAB codes. Here's how to get access and how to write some MATLAB, FORTRAN and Python parallel programs.

• Compute on UN Reno Cluster

  The University of Nevada, Reno is providing access to bioinformatics compute clusters through a Lariat program, eCABAL. This document describes the purpose of that program and contains information on requesting an account on the compute cluster.

• Request data space from SDSC

  The San Diego Supercomputer Center provides free online disk and tape space for scientific community data and for-fee space for general use. This document provides information on prices and an email contact for online space requests.

• Quickly transfer data

  The Lariat project has set up a science server, hickok.lariat-west.org, to provide a collaborative environment, compute resources and data resources. This document describes one strategy for efficiently transferring files from the Lariat science server to the San Diego Supercomputer Center storage space.

• Use Lariat VNC

  The Lariat science server also has facilities to support a collaborative desktop environment with VNC. This document describes use of that facility.

• Use Lariat Samba filesystem

  Another service available through the Lariat science server is a Samba filesystem. This has provisions for both read-write and read-only access. This document details how to request an account and how to use the filesystem.