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Python Interactive Session

Python Interactive Session

  • Login to the HPC cluster either by Command Line or the OnDemand Website. For information on how to log into the cluster check out:

Navigate To The Cluster

  • From the login node, load the python module 
module load python/3.8.8
  • To check out different python modules enter the command:
module av python
  • Allocate computing resources. Start an interactive session with your desired number of cores and memory, here we are using 2 cores with 4GB of memory: 
srun -p interactive -n 2 --mem=4g --pty bash

  • The Interactive partition has a default 4-hour time limit

  • For more information on how to allocate resources on Tufts HPC cluster, check out:

Compute Resources