FAQ
- Q: How do I increase my quota?A: Write a mail to support@gwdg.de requesting more quota. Please always consider to move old files into the archive beforehand.
- Q: Can I get HPC access with my student account?A: No, you cannot use the HPC system with your account associated to the stud.uni-goettingen.de domain. You need a full GWDG account. If you are employed by the University, the Max Planck Society or the Universities Medical Centre you have an "Einheitlicher Mitarbeiter Account". If not, please contact hpc@gwdg.de for further information or fill in the application form with your supervisors and then send an activation request with your GWDG user ID to hpc@gwdg.de.
- Q: The limit of 120 hours (i.e. five days) runtime is too constraining, I need more runtime. Is that possible?A: We do not encourage longer runtimes than five days, as the probability of failure increases over time. Instead, we highly recommend job dependency chains and checkpointing your program. If those chains are not feasible in your case, please contact hpc@gwdg.de
- Q: How much does HPC usage cost?A: As all services, also the usage of our HPC resources is accounted in AE. For the current pricing, see the Dienstleistungskatalog.
- Q: When will my job start?A: You can use
scontrol show job $JOBID | grep StartTime
to get an estimate for the starttime of your job. However, this information is not always available. - Q: Why can't I use Gaussian?A: Access to Gaussian is restricted due to license requirements. In order to enable your account for Gaussian, please contact hpc@gwdg.de with the following information:
- Your username
- Information on amount, size (in terms of molecule size or number of basis functions) and computational method (for example DFT/6-311G* geometry optimizations) of your planned calculations