{"id":49,"date":"2018-01-16T19:43:40","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T19:43:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/hpc\/?page_id=49"},"modified":"2026-09-02T20:37:15","modified_gmt":"2026-09-02T20:37:15","slug":"overview","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/overview\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Overview<\/h1>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\"><\/p>\n<p><!-- shortcode-contact -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-contact\">\n    <div class=\"contact-header\">\n        <h3>Contact Advanced Research Computing<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"contact-body\">\n                <a href=\"mailto:ask-arc@nau.edu\" aria-label=\"Contact Advanced Research Computing: Email Address\" title=\"Email Address\">\n            <div class=\"contact-icon-container\">\n                <i class=\"fas fa-envelope\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/i>\n                <span class=\"sr-only\">Email:<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <div class=\"contact-email\">ask-arc&#8203;@nau.edu<\/div>\n        <\/a>\n                    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h2>Quick Links<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/hpc\/overview\/linux-resources\/\">Linux Resources<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/hpc\/overview\/policies\/\">Policies<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/onbase.nau.edu\/appnet\/UnityForm.aspx?d1=AbEuP34v1%2f2XupEAyJdgZflsROKLoxs0VmNRA3DfNV4MnvnQqYsqW3i%2bre%2fztGYiGmQ7UqbBxiZMz7qUubCISJ2OgpXScXxekuVdICqUeI%2biM5FVq37TOsjvY80cqXSYIhBtlbOxpSa53L%2f8%2fGql6KmySIlDonQIbmY%2bWAQju8cW2U%2fqWMqs9SpIsj6RpCTJ7Kg79%2f9tgpQ19d%2bZKEcBLUk%3d\">Monsoon User Creation Form<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/documentation-page\/\">Documentation and Links<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/hpc\/overview\/connecting-to-monsoon\/\">Connecting to Monsoon<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<p>The Advanced Research Computing (ARC) group facilitates access and support of High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources in general and specifically, monsoon. Cluster resources are available to NAU faculty and staff for use in their research projects, and for students who are sponsored by a research faculty. Sponsorship of students implies that the sponsor is responsible for ensuring acceptable use of cluster resources by the sponsored individual.<\/p>\n<p>Access to Monsoon can be obtained by submitting a <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/obtaining-an-account\/\">New Monsoon User Request form<\/a>. Once you have an account, you may <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/hpc\/overview\/connecting-to-monsoon\/\">login using ssh<\/a> with your NAU credentials.<\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Scheduler and resource manager_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-1-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-1-panel\">\n            Scheduler and resource manager\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-1-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-1-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>Monsoon uses the <a href=\"https:\/\/slurm.schedmd.com\/overview.html\">SLURM job scheduler<\/a> for resource management.<\/p>\n<p>For more information on how resources are allocated on Monsoon, visit our page on <a href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/resource-allocation\/\">resource allocation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Storage_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-2-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-2-panel\">\n            Storage\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-2-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-2-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\/common<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>This is the cluster \u201ccommon\u201d area.<\/li>\n<li>Cluster dependencies reside here as well as areas for users to share contributions (contrib)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\/scratch<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1.1PB<\/li>\n<li>This is the primary shared working storage<\/li>\n<li>Write\/read your temporary files, logs, and final products here<\/li>\n<li>30 day retention period on files, emails sent at 28 days for warning \u2013 15TB quota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\/projects<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>1.6PB<\/li>\n<li>5TB of free storage per faculty member (more can be purchased)<\/li>\n<li>This is a long-term storage solution<\/li>\n<li>Built on NFS for enterprise-grade data integrity, scale, and performance<\/li>\n<li>30 Gbps throughput<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\/packages<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Packages and modules<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\/home<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Keep scripts and other small files here<\/li>\n<li>This area is not meant for heavy writes like temp files, logs, and checkpoint files<\/li>\n<li>This area is snapshotted twice a a day and a total of 4 snapshots are kept here: \/home\/.snapshot<\/li>\n<li>20G quota<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>\/tmp<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>120GB<\/li>\n<li>Local node storage<\/li>\n<li>All storage areas are available around campus off of monsoon via SMB by visiting \\\\shares.hpc.nau.edu\\cirrus.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-accordion -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-accordion shortcode-accordion--closed\" style=\"position: relative;\" >\n        <h4 class=\"shortcode-accordion__header\">\n        <button type=\"button\" class=\"shortcode-accordion__trigger\" data-header=\"Configured modules_0\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-3-trigger\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"shortcode-accordion-3-panel\">\n            Configured modules\n            <span class=\"shortcode-accordion__header__arrow\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n        <\/button>\n    <\/h4>\n    <div class=\"shortcode-accordion__body\" id=\"shortcode-accordion-3-panel\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"shortcode-accordion-3-trigger\" inert>\n        <html><body>\n<p>\u2013 List the available modules on Monsoon: \u201cmodule avail\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 List the currently loaded modules in your login session: \u201cmodule list\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Load a module: \u201cmodule load &lt;module&gt;\u201d<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n    <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n<!-- shortcode-button -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-button shortcode-button--center\">\n      <a class=\"main-button\" href=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/arc\/documentation-page\/\">View Additional Documentation<\/a>\n  <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Overview The Advanced Research Computing (ARC) group facilitates access and support of High-Performance Computing (HPC) resources in general and specifically, monsoon. 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