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General information for users of the SMSCG

In order to allow for access to applications on the Grid, scientific users are organised according to specific application areas. In Grid terms, this is referred to as Virtual Organisation or VO. Currently, the following application areas (VOs) are defined:

• Life sciences
  
  • Supported applications: NAMD, GROMACS, GAMESS, ROSETTA, MediGIFT
• Earth sciences
  • Suported application: Alpine 3D
• Computer cryptography (RSA768)
• High Energy Physics
  • Specific experiment (VO): ATLAS

In order to use the Grid infrastructure, users need to join one of the VOs described. Please click on the link of the VO of your interest to obtain detailed information on how to join as well as use the available software applications within that application area.

Screencasts on getting started:

• Getting_Started.swf (3:40). This screencast show you on how to get started on the Grid. It shows you:
  1. how to get a SLCS certificate (slsc-init command)
  2. how to fetch your VO memberhip information (voms-proxy-init command)
  3. how to get a list of resources you are allowed to use (given your VO memberhip)
  4. how to submit a test job
  5. how to query the status of your jobs
• Getting_Started2.swf (0:51): This is the second part of the previous screencast. It shows you:
  
  1. how to fetch a Grid Job
  2. how to browse the job output