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Owens Information Transition

Owens cluster will be decommissioned on February 3, 2025. Some pages may still reference Owens after Owens is decommissioned , and we are in the process of gradually updating the content. Thank you for your patience during this transition

Search Documentation

Search Documentation

There are significant changes as to how resources are requested within the client portal. More information on the changes can be found at:
Client Portal, MyOSC, documentation
"Ohio Academic Fee Model FAQ" section on our service costs webpage

OSC client portal allows users to manage their projects.

See Ohio Academic Fee Structure page for more information regarding changes to academic charging.

The url of the OSC client portal is https://my.osc.edu. Please log into it using your current OSC HPC username and password.

Ascend, Cardinal

FFmpeg is a free software project, the product of which is a vast software suite of libraries and programs for handling video, audio, and other multimedia files and streams.

Availability and Restrictions

Versions

The following versions of FFmpeg are available on OSC clusters:

Cardinal, Pitzer

If you need to use a MATLAB toolbox that is not provided through our installations. You can follow these instructions, and if you have any difficulties you can contact OSC Help for assistance.

Ascend, Cardinal, Pitzer

HPC Toolkit is a collection of tools that measure a program's work, resource consumption, and inefficiency to analze performance.

Availability and Restrictions

Versions

The following versions of HPC Toolkitare available on OSC clusters:

OMB

Pitzer

OSU Micro-Benchmarks tests are a collection of MPI performance tests to measure the latency, bandwidth, and other properties of MPI libraries.

Availability and Restrictions

Versions

The following versions of OMB are available on OSC clusters:

Cardinal, Pitzer

Java is a concurrent, class-based, object-oriented programming language.

Availability and Restrictions

Versions

The following versions of Java are available on OSC clusters:

Git

Pitzer

Git is a version control system used for tracking file changes and facilitating collaborative work.

Availability and Restrictions

Versions

The following versions of Git are available on OSC clusters:

Pitzer

Compilers

C, C++ and Fortran are supported on the Pitzer cluster. Intel, PGI and GNU compiler suites are available. The Intel development tool chain is loaded by default. Compiler commands and recommended options for serial programs are listed in the table below. See also our compilation guide.

Pitzer
Login Specifications
4 Intel Xeon Gold 6148 (Skylake) CPUs
  • 40 cores/node and 384 GB of memory/node

Technical specifications for 2018 Pitzer:  

Number of Nodes

260 nodes

Number of CPU Sockets

528 (2 sockets/node for standard node)

Number of CPU Cores

10,560 (40 cores/node for standard node)

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