Creating a Login and connecting to the cluster
- All you need to do is request an account via Discovery’s account request form here: Discovery Account Request
- Most users interactively login to discovery.dartmouth.edu and submit jobs to be run on the compute nodes by writing a script file that describes their job.
See the Scheduling Jobs page for more information.
Grant Request
- The grant provides access to the cluster for a 3 month period.
- The purpose of the 3-month Grant is to give you the opportunity to determine how significant this resource will be to your work for potential investment in the future.
- You will have access to the main pool of 2400+ cores.
- Collaborators on your project may have accounts sharing your defined resources.
- You can renew this grant one time, if needed.
- The request form is available here: Grant Request Form. (PDF)
Member: This gives you an opportunity of being part owner of the cluster by purchasing some amount of cpus for your use.
- This will give you four years of access to the cluster.
- You will have access to the main pool of 2400+ cores.
- Collaborators on your project may have accounts sharing your defined resources.
- Purchases are made in blocks of 16 cores and the current minimum purchase is 16 cores (1 node).
- See the Investing in Discovery page for more information.