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Franklin (Cray XT4)

Franklin, named in honor of Benjamin Franklin, is a Cray XT4 massively parallel processing system with 38,128 Opteron compute cores and a peak performance of 352 TFlops/sec. Franklin is currently listed as the 11th most powerful supercomputer in the world. [MORE]

Getting Started

NERSC New User Guide
Logging In
Accounts and Allocations
Migrating from Bassi
Migrating from Jacquard

Franklin News and Status

The next system maintenance is scheduled for Wednesday, July 8, from 7am to 2pm PDT.

Large Scale Reimbursement Program
Current System Status: UP
Status Updates (MOTD)
E-mail Announcement Archive
Timeline of Changes

Programming

Overview
Compilers
Simple Examples

Getting Help

Passwords
On-Line Help Desk
Contact Us

Running Jobs

Overview
Sample Batch Scripts
Batch Queues and Policies
Job Exit Summary

Job Info (For NERSC Users, Requires Authentication)

Queue Display (10 minute updates)
Completed Jobs (Updated daily at 03:00 PDT)
Summary Statistics
Daily Usage
Job Size Report

File Storage and Data Transfer

Franklin File Systems
Archival Storage (HPSS)
Data Transfer
Disk Quota Increase Form

Software

List
Software Management with Modules

Performance

Tools
I/O Performance Tips
Application-Based System Monitoring


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