User guides
High Performance Computing
Ranger (Sun Constellation Linux Cluster)
An introduction to using TACC's Sun Constellation Linux Cluster.
Lonestar (Dell Linux Cluster)
An introduction to using TACC's Dell Linux Cluster.
Scientific Visualization
Longhorn (Dell/NVIDIA Visualization and Data Analysis Cluster)
An introduction to using TACC's Longhorn Visualization and Data Analysis System.
Stallion (Dell Visualization Cluster)
An introduction to using TACC's Stallion Visualization System.
Spur (Sun Terascale Visualization System)
An introduction to using TACC's Sun Terascale Visualization System.
Storage and Distributed Computing
Corral Data Applications Facility
The TACC Data Applications Facility support data-centric science at the University of Texas. Corral consists of 1.2 Petabytes of online disk and a number of servers providing high-performance storage for all types of digital data.
Ranch Mass Storage Services at TACC
The TACC mass storage server provides both short term and long term high performance storage (HPS). A Sun Microsystems® StorageTek ranch (ranch.tacc.utexas.edu) utilizes Sun's Storage Archive Manager Filesystem (SAM-FS) for migrating files to/from a tape archival system with a current storage capacity of 1 Petabyte(PB).
Additional Documentation
A guide to idev, a TACC-developed app designed to aid developers with interactive access to compute nodes. Using the DDT Parallel Debugger
A guide to using the Allinea DDT Parallel Debugger, a symbolic, parallel debugger that enables the graphical debugging of MPI applications.
Using Modules to Load the Programming Environment
The dos and don'ts of configuring your shell and session start-up files.
Last updated: March 29, 2012