The HECToR Service is now closed and has been superceded by ARCHER.

The HECToR Service

The hardware

HECToR is currently a Cray XE6 32-core per node system with a total of 90,112 cores.

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System software

The HECToR system runs under CLE, which includes SuSE Linux. There is a full range of compilers, tools and utilities.

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We also record the changes to various software on the system:

Information on versions of software installed on HECToR…

Maintenance sessions

The system undergoes regular maintenance shutdowns and extra maintenance sessions may be scheduled when particular work needs to be done on the system. This section has a list of upcoming maintenance sessions and more information on the maintenance procedure.

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