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There are two main types of machines in the cluster: [general-use machines](/machines#general-use-machines) and [SLURM compute nodes](/machines#slurm-compute-nodes).

General-use machines are meant for interactive use and are shared among all users in the cluster.
You can access them via [SSH](./ssh).
### SLURM Machines

SLURM compute nodes are meant for running resource-intensive jobs.
They are managed by a popular HPC[^hpc] job scheduler called SLURM[^slurm].
Instructions for submitting jobs to the SLURM cluster can be found [here](./slurm).
Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management (SLURM) is an open-source job scheduler that allocates resources to jobs on a cluster of computers.
It is widely used in HPC[^hpc] environments.

SLURM machines can be used for both interactive development as well as job scheduling. They provide fair, stable, and secure access to WATcloud's most precious resources (eg. GPUs).

[Instructions for using our SLURM cluster can be found here.](./slurm)

[^hpc]: [High-performance computing](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/High-performance_computing) (HPC) is the use of supercomputers and parallel processing
techniques to solve complex computational problems. Examples of HPC clusters include [Cedar](https://docs.computecanada.ca/wiki/Cedar) and
[Graham](https://docs.computecanada.ca/wiki/Graham).

[^slurm]: Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management (SLURM) is an open-source job scheduler that allocates resources to jobs on a cluster of computers.
It is widely used in HPC environments. Learn more about SLURM [here](https://slurm.schedmd.com/quickstart.html).
### General-Use Machines

General-use machines are meant for interactive use only. They are an insecure and unstable resource shared amongst all users in the cluster. Going forward, WATcloud will be phasing out General-use Machines in favour of SLURM.

[Instructions for using our General-Use Machines can be found here.](./ssh)

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