HECToR Documentation
This section contains links to various documentation resources that may be of use to HECToR users.
User Guide and Wiki
On this page is the HECToR User Guide and links to the User Wiki and Cray documentation
Good Practice Guides for HECToR
As part of the HECToR CSE commitment, a series of Guides on Good Practice, intended primarily to give help to the HECToR community, have been produced and are being maintained.
These guides can either be read online or can be downloaded as PDF documents.
| Online Link | PDF Link | Brief Description |
|---|---|---|
| Preparing for HECToR Phase II (Quad Core) | Phase2.pdf | Information about phase 2 and what can be done to prepare. |
| Getting Started Basics | GettingStartedHector.pdf | A collection of useful information on how to get started on HECToR |
| Good Practice Guide for Code Optimisation | OptimisationGuide.pdf | Optimising Scalar (single core) performance of your code |
| Good Practice Guide for MPI | MPIGuide.pdf | Good practices when working to develop, maintain and tune MPI programs |
| Good Practice Guide for Scaling | ScalingGuide.pdf | Issues of algorithm scalability on HECToR |
| Good Practice Guide for IO | IOGuide.pdf | Good practice regarding IO, with particular attention to improving performance |
| Good Practice Guide for Software Management | SoftwareManagement.pdf | Information on tools that are available to help manage software projects |
| Good Practice Guide for Benchmarking | Benchmarking.pdf | A guide to timing your programs and interpreting information from CrayPAT |
| Good Practice Guide for Debugging | Debugging.pdf | How to search for bugs in your programs on HECToR |
