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IBM Storage Scale, perviously Spectrum Scale, formerly GPFS

IBM Storage Scale, previously called IBM Spectrum Scale, previously called GPFS, is a proprietary parallel filesystem, developed originally for handling large multimedia files on a cluster of networked computers.

For some years the School maintained a small (~5TB) GPFS scratch filesystem for researchers. However, the free-to-use version could not be used on SL7 at the time (it's no longer possible to obtain driver support) so we discontinued the service.

If you are interested in using IBM Storage Scale, and you have very deep pockets, then please let us know.

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Mounting USB storage (on DICE SL7)

This page does not apply to Ubuntu

This page covers DICE SL7, not DICE Ubuntu. It should not be required for DICE Ubuntu, but if you need help, you can ask using the Computing support form.

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Theon - InfHR Guide

Using Theon

Theon is the source for all staff, visitor and student records used in the School for account generation, official web pages, telephone lists etc. It is important that the information is correct and up to date. Student information is maintained by ISS.

This document primarily deals with the management of Theon database records for staff and visitors.

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Theon Quick Start Guide

This is a summary guide to help you get started with Theon. It includes a quick reference sheet.

Below is a screenshot of what you will see when you type in the following web site address, after you have logged in.

https://ui.theon.inf.ed.ac.uk/

If connecting from outside the University, please make use of either the Ed or Inf VPN.

First click and drag the Theon hyperlink into your favourite’s bars, as shown in the image below.

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Course Software

Teaching Software on DICE

It is very important that software is installed, tested and distributed as early as possible before the start of teaching, so as to avoid any compatibility problems with DICE. We preserve versions of key software, once finalized, throughout the session (and until after any laboratory examinations) to ensure that students keep a consistent environment.

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Request Tracker

To keep track of Computing Support requests we use a system called Request Tracker (or "RT"). You can use it to see your requests.

How to see your requests

See your computing support requests at this address:

This will show you everything that's been recorded for each of your requests, including comments and computing staff discussions which aren't usually mailed to you.

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Using MariaDB (and MySQL) on DICE

DICE carries copies of MariaDB, the modern, open fork of popular RDBMS MySQL on most PCs.

But if you're looking for our managed database service, please see the PostgreSQL page.

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Licensed Software

Licenced software on DICE

Some of this software is also available on self-managed machines or at home - see below.

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Numerical Computing

This page has been incorporated into the GPU and cluster computing pages.

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Virtualisation

For those buying servers, we strongly recommend you consider virtualisation when provisioning new services. It saves on the proliferation of hardware, so is environmentally friendly. Depending on application our desktops can support a number of virtual hosts without any significant overhead. Each could be running services that traditionally would have been run on dedicated physical hardware. Running a virtual service on your own DICE desktop can also help to get a service going without buying new hardware.

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