computing

Computing in MICA. We currently have the following workstations.

Name	threads	memory	RAID	GPU
varro	48	264GB		12GB
paris	40	132GB		3GB
oncilla	40	132GB	15TB	3GB
varrius	40	132GB		6GB
venice	20	132GB		8GB
valentine	20	132GB		8GB
cassio	48	264GB	15TB	12GB
emilia	32	66GB		2GB
fladgate	40	132GB	15TB	2GB
montano	32	66GB		2GB
yeatman	40	66GB	15TB	2GB
peto	96	232GB	15TB	8GB
percy	96	246GB	15TB	8GB
bb-comp	96	264GB		---

You can log into the workstations physically, or remotely via ssh/x2go/nomachine. Note that nomachine locks out other users (except via ssh). When outside the BIC, you may need to first need to login to McGill's VPN and can then login to one of the lab computers. Login addresses are [USER]@[NAME].bic-wks.mni.mcgill.ca (for example, [email protected])

For cluster jobs, all computers are also part of mica.q so you can run distributed jobs on the threads offered by the workstations.

Network-disk space is on /data/mica{1|2|3}/. These disks should be used for R+W when running things through all.q

• /data/mica1/ 5TB -- generally for software that is shared across the lab
• /data/mica2/ 15TB -- generally deprecated now
• /data/mica3/ 43TB -- generally for clean raw+preprocessed BIDS data (please do not write to here unless your pipeline is finalized and you wish to share it, use a local RAID instead)