Account Registration

To open HPC account including access to the DGX servers please fill the form 

and choose “DGX Users” in the Affiliations list.

Your HPC account will be  added to the docker group, which grants you access to the DGX Cluster.

It is recommended to install home edition of  X-windows emulator MobaXterm  on Windows machines

to establish SSH connection.   

Please use TechSec Network for Technion WIFI connection.

Please note that there is no direct access to HPC Servers outside Technion Network (e.g. from home).

For establishing VPN connection,  please  refer to the web page.

It is recommended to download and install free  WinSCP  client for file transfer to/from HPC servers.

Please type ssh username@dgx-master.technion.ac.il and apply your Technion  password  in order to login to the DGX  cluster.

                 Please note that you have separate  home directories on ZEUS cluster and  DGX  cluster.

Your  technion/campus e-mail  address will be added to the  mailing list cis-gpu-users-l.

Please follow messages to this mailing list  for updates  regarding  the DGX  cluster.

It is recommended to place your work files under the folder /home/username/work – a part of the common group storage space, which is limited by a group quota.

The default group quota is is 2TB.

Additional storage space is be available for order and purchase from the Technion CIS shop by increments of 1 TB. The annual price is 450 NIS per 1 TB.

Please note that only Technion Academic Staff members, holding a research project group registered on the DGX cluster, are eligible to purchase additional storage space.

 

You can check  your personal quota by command:    quota-u   and your  group quota by command:    quota-g.

 

Group ownership for the  $HOME/work directories has been set on the DGX Cluster.

This means that each member of specific project group name_prj  can grant read/access permissions

to the work directory for other group members by the following command:

chmod -R g+rx $HOME/work