Universe: Cosmos and Eric


CPU-intensive jobs on Cosmos and Eric must be run via the NQS Batch/Queue system. Such jobs run outside of NQS will be killed without notice.

Introductory Material


Introduction to Universe What is UNIX? What are Cosmos and Eric? What are they particularly suitable for?
Getting an account How do I get an account on Universe, Cosmos or Eric?
Authentication and Passwords What username/password do I use? How can I change these?
Getting started... Accessing Cosmos and Eric from the PC Centres, office and home machines, usernames and passwords, using X-Windows, getting help, permissions, sharing resources with others, logging off...
The NQS Batch/Queue System An introduction to using the NQS batch/queue system on Universe.


Accessing Universe


Accessing Universe (Cosmos/Eric). Telnet, FTP, ssh, X-Windows; access controls...


Reference Material


What's available on Cosmos A summary of what users can expect from Cosmos including a list of supported, available applications and utilities.
Applications, compilers, etc.
Printing
Eric (coming soon) Users who wish to run computationally-intensive jobs which require a lot of memory might wish to request an account on Eric. This documennt describes what's available via Eric and not through Cosmos.





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