An Introduction to the
Ohio Supercomputer Center (OSC)

Learning Objectives

• Learn what the OSC is and why you may want to use it.
• Learn how to connect to OSC through the OnDemand portal.
• Learn how to transfer data to and from OSC.
• Understand the difference between login and compute nodes.
• Understand several important options when submitting a compute job.
• Learn about software availability at OSC.
• Get a taste for command-line options at OSC.

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• Introduction
• Connecting to OSC
• Transferring Files with GUIs
• Software at OSC
• Starting a Compute Job
• Compute Job Options
• Bonus Material
  • I: OSC File Systems
  • II: OSC Access and File Transfer In Your Shell
  • III: Monitoring SLURM Jobs
  • IV: More on Software at OSC