Euler Linux System

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Euler Server

Euler (pronounced OI-LER), named after the mathematician, Leonhard Paul Euler, is a Sun Linux server that replaced the old AlphaServer 9200 server, called Compute. The full name of the Euler server is euler.temple.edu.

Euler is a Sun Fire X4600 M2 x64 server with eight AMD dual core Opteron 64-bit processors. Euler effectively has 16 processors, 128GB of RAM, and 6TB of disk storage. The operating system running on Euler is the 64-bit version of SuSE Linux 9.

Euler is managed by Temple University Computer Services. The system is intended for use by any student or faculty member who needs to use the tools Euler offers for computationally-based research or coursework. It is not intended for those who wish to host a web page or do lightweight programming in perl or other tools that are readily found on other systems at Temple.

Please note that Euler will be rebooted as infrequently as possible. The intention is to allow Euler to remain in service for long periods of time, so you can run time-consuming processes without concern for scheduled reboots.

Opening an Account

If you are you a faculty member or student engaged in large computational research, you can request an account from the Help Desk through the TUhelp web site.

Software Packages

The following data analysis packages are available on Euler:

Package	Description
gap4	Algebra software. See http://www.gapsystem.org/Overview/Capabilities/capabilities.html for details. To start: type gap
Gaussian	Chemical modeling software for use by the Chemistry department. Use of this software requires that each user be listed in Euler's g03 group. To request this, please contact the Help Desk through the TUhelp web site and ask for access to Gaussian software. Technical support for this software is provided by the Chemistry department.
IMSL 5.0 (64-bit version)	These libraries are compiled for use with Absoft FORTRAN. Documentation for IMSL is available at http://www.vni.com/tech/imsl/. Note that all the files involving IMSL are in /usr/local/bin/vni.
magma	Information is available at http://magma.maths.usyd.edu.au/magma. To start: type magma
maple (64-bit version)	To start: type maple
matlab (64-bit version)	For technical support information for Matlab, please click on http://www.mathworks.com/support. Matlab is known to utilize heavy memory resources. In order to make your Matlab programs run as effeciently as possible and to reduce the memory utilization on Euler, please follow the advise on the How do I Manage Memory in MATLAB? web page. To start: type matlab
Mathematica	For info about Mathematica, see the publisher's web site at http://www.wolfram.com.
MPICH	For more information about MPICH parallel processing software, please click on http://www-unix.mcs.anl.gov/mpi/mpich1.
R 2.7.0 (open source 64-bit statistics package)	To start: type R
SAS	Documentation for SAS is online available at http://support.sas.com/documentation/onlinedoc/sas9doc.html. To start: type sas program_name.sas or sas&
sca	Note that scamacro.dat and other support .dat files are in /usr/local/lib To start: type sca*
stata	To start from In line mode, type stata. To start in XWindows mode, type xstata.
TeX (64-bit Gnu/Linux version)	See http://www.tug.org/texlive/doc/texlive-en/live.html for details.
tsp (32-bit evaluation version)	Type tsp.

Programming Languages

The following programming languages and tools are available on Euler:

gcc 3.3.3 (gnu c++). See "man g++" for details
gnu FORTRAN (g77). See "man g77" for details
perl 5.8.3
Sun Studio 12 C, C++, FORTRAN and programming tools
Absoft FORTRAN - This compiler is needed to use IMSL.

Other gnu tools are also available including the 64-bit Gnu/Linux version of TeX. For more information, see the gnu.org web site.

Documentation Resources

Extensive online technical documentation is available through Temple's Libraries at http://library.temple.edu. On the Library site under Books, Movies and More, click on eBooks, and then on Safari Tech Books Online. If you are off campus, you will need to enter your AccessNet username and password to proceed to this resource.

Also, documentation for Absoft FORTRAN is available in the form of PDF files. The following documents are available:

Accessing Euler

The following guide provides instructions on how to download and use a secure telnet program called Secure Shell to access your Euler account. It Also provides instructions on uploading and downloading files.

Accessing the Astro or Euler Systems Using a PC and SSH Secure Shell

Installing Additional Software

Please contact the Help Desk through the TUhelp web site if you are interested in using software that is not currently installed on Euler. Computer Services wiill consider installing any open source package on Euler provided it is compatible and it is designed for computational research. Commercial packages will also be considered; provided the funds are available to pay for the software.

Photos of the Euler Server

Photo of the Euler server