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Quoting Arguments in Batch Jobs

June 29, 2017

A recent update to an RCE Batch job system script will change the way that batch job arguments are parsed, to be consistent with the documentation. If you are manually submitting Batch jobs through condor submit files, please ensure the Arguments line of your submit file uses the documented Read more about Quoting Arguments in Batch Jobs

Anaconda in the RCE

May 10, 2017

The popular Anaconda distribution of Python packages -- including NumPy, SciPy, Matplotlib, and more -- is now available in the RCE. Users can choose from Python 2.x or 3.x versions of the Anaconda Navigator, or launch a shell with the Anaconda libraries from the RCE Powered Applications menu.

Always On: Persistent Interactive Jobs on the RCE

Do you run interactive jobs on the Research Computing Environment (RCE)? You probably do, but, do you know what differentiates interactive jobs from non-interactive or batch RCE jobs?

It’s simple: Interactive jobs expect user-input and are often GUI providing applications like XStata, Matlab, or Mathematica. Batch jobs expect no user input and run in parallel without intervention.

How RCE powered applications work now

Unable to connect?

Things to check if you are unable to connect to the RCE:

Is there an active outage? All outages are posted to the outage notifier (the widget in the top right of your RCE session), the RCE calendar, and to our outages mailing list in advance of planned maintenance windows. You can also check the HMDC status page. For more information, visit our RCE outages page.
Are you over quota? If your home directory goes over 2GB, you won't be able to log in to a RCE desktop. Log in via SSH to clean up your home directory. See, How Do I Check My Quota? for more information.
Has your password or account expired? Try logging in to our self service page at https://accounts.hmdc.harvard.edu.

For detailed information, please see our FAQ page.