HPC Quick Start Guide

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ARCC hosts, maintains and supports in-house HPC resources for use by the UW research community and collaborators.

If you're just starting out, our team can help you get up to speed using ARCC HPC Resources.   

We recommend:

  1. Request an Account or be added to a Current Project
    If you qualify, as a UW PI or Graduate Student, start out making an account request through or have your PI to an already active project. 

  2. For Beginners - Check out our page
    This page is available on the ARCC wiki to get you started with ARCC HPCs as simple and easy as possible.  Please note this is a very general beginners guide for using an ARCC HPC.  

  3. For experienced HPC Users - See our full list of

  4. If you need more help

    1. Check out our and

    2. Look through our  on our wiki

    3. Make use of our user support and consultation

  5. Know when to use HPC
    As a new HPC user, it may be hard to know when to use an HPC.  While ARCC allows users to use an HPC for any number of academic and research pursuits, some reasons may outweigh others.  We have documented several use cases to help you determine whether HPC can be beneficial for you.

  6. If you're still unsure, reach out to us by e-mailing

    arcc-help@uwyo.edu