UWM LSC Group Computing Resources FAQ

FAQ last updated on: 5/23/03
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Accounts and Contact Information

Q: Who should I contact if I want to use the computing resources at UWM?
Q: Can I post to the ldas-uwm or medusa-users mailing lists?

Getting Help

Q: Who should I contact if I already have an account and I have a question about using the computing resources at UWM?
Q: Who should I contact if I am having problems debugging my code at UWM?
Q: How do I print out a documentation page? The text is too wide.

Use of Resources

Q: What machines can I log onto at UWM?

LIGO Frame Data

Q: Is all the E7 data (supposed to be) on the UWM system now?
Q: In analysing the E7 data from Livingston, I found a hole in the data from 693909088 to 693944176. Is this data missing?
Q: How do I build simulated frame files which can be analysed by LDAS at UWM?

Using LDAS at UWM

Q: What are the general rules for running LDAS jobs at UWM?
Q: Can I submit a job from any computer or it do I have to submit my LDAS jobs from hydra?
Q: Would a datapipeline job find my shared objects under /home/username/ if the job was not submitted from UWM?
Q: Does work guild with ldas-uwm?
Q: Can I use the LDASjob package to submit jobs to UWM?
Q: Where can I put response files for ldas-uwm to pick them up?
Q: Are there any release versions of lal or lalwrapper installed at UWM?
Q: Can I use UNIX system calls such as printf() to help debug my code at UWM?
Q: Where can I access the stdout or stderr from my wrapperAPI job?
Q: What databases can I use to store results from my jobs?
Q: Is the data in the /ldas_outgoing/jobs/ directory backed up?
Q: What hardware do the UWM LDAS APIs run on?

About this FAQ

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