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Anunna is a High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster hosted by Wageningen University & Research. It is open to all WUR research groups, and to other organisations and companies running collaborative projects with WUR.

You reach the cluster over SSH at login.anunna.wur.nl, or through your browser at the Apps Portal (https://apps.anunna.wur.nl/).

About

• Mission and Governance

  What Anunna is for and who runs it

• Roadmap

  How we decide what to work on

• Tariffs

  Costs of using Anunna

• Cluster Architecture Overview

  How the cluster is put together

• Compute_Hardware_Overview

  The node types and their hardware

• Storage Systems Overview

  The storage tiers at a glance

• Network & Security

  Interconnect and data-security posture

• History of the Cluster

  How Anunna came to be

• FAQ

  Frequently Asked Questions

• Policies and Terms of Use

  Who may use Anunna and on what terms

• Sustainability

  Green-HPC policy and measures

Get Started

• Who Can Access?

  Eligibility

• Account Application Process

  How to request an account

• User Responsibilities

  What is expected of you as a user

• SSH Access

  Logging in over SSH to the cluster

• Apps Portal

  Using applications on Anunna through your web browser

• Workflow Migration from Laptop to HPC

  Moving your work to the cluster from your computer

• Grant support & Acknowledgement

  Guidance and standard text that can be used in grant proposals, research papers, theses and other publications.

System Access

• Login Nodes

  The entry point you connect to

• Compute Nodes

  Where your jobs run, and how to reach them

• Filesystems

  The storage tiers

• Quotas

  Storage limits and how to check them

• Remote Access (VPN, Gateway)

  Reaching Anunna from off campus

• Data Transfer Methods

  Moving data to and from Anunna

Job Scheduling and Resource Management

• Scheduler Overview (Slurm)

  How scheduling works

• Partitions / Queues

  The available partitions

• Choosing a node (constraints)

  Targeting particular hardware

• Batch Jobs

  Submitting a batch script

• Interactive Jobs

  An interactive shell on a compute node

• Array Jobs

  Running many similar jobs at once

• Monitoring Jobs

  Checking on your jobs

• Cancelling Jobs

  Stopping a job

• Reservations

  Reserving nodes

• Fair Use Policy

  Using shared resources considerately

Documentation

Start here

• Glossary of Terms — common HPC and Anunna terms explained

Using the cluster

• Scheduling — submitting and managing jobs with SLURM
• Software — modules, languages, containers, and licensed software
• Storage — the storage tiers and how data is kept and protected
• Apps Portal — graphical applications and desktops in your browser
• Workflows — reproducible, efficient research workflows

Help and more

• Training — courses, tutorials, and reference material
• Support — getting help, reporting problems, and cluster status
• For PIs — projects, allocations, and group management for group leaders

Quick links

• How to Get Help — contact the HPC team
• Maintenance Schedule — planned downtimes

External links

• Wageningen Shared Research Facilities — HPC