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====== How to use the PACE cluster ======

FIXME This document is a mere stub of what it ought to be. 

The Georgia Tech Public Access Cluster Environment (PACE) is a cluster of 
number-crunching Linux boxes. The Center for Nonlinear Science owns a few 
of the machines in this cluster with 4 to 8 CPUs per node. PACE is useful 
for running lots of long, CPU-intensive calculations and for running parallel 
programs with MPI. 

The work process is roughly this: you log on to PACE, submit a process to the 
CNS job queue, wait until it's finished, and then look at the results. This usually
involves transferring files back and forth between your local computer and the PACE
cluster using scp (the Unix secure copy utility). It ain't always pretty but it 
keeps your laptop from melting.

====== PACE login ======

FIXME Get a PACE login ID and password. Though I did this once in the ancient past, 
I have no memory of it, and I can't find any documentation for it. 

====== ssh tunneling ======

FIXME The denizens of CNS have written a bunch of shell scripts that simplify the
process of logging in to the CNS machines and the PACE cluster from outside Georgia
Tech. You will probably want to install these and figure out how to use them.

====== install channelflow ======

Install channelflow on the PACE cluster. This should be straightforward. Follow
the [[docs:install]] directions.

====== submit a job to the queue ======

====== view the results ======

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