👋 Welcome aboard!
We're excited that you are here and interested in using the Palmetto 2 cluster. Everything that you need to get started with HPC resources at Clemson University is on this page.
📝 New User Procedure
New users must follow a two-step process to get started:
- Request an allocation through ColdFront. Students must have their advisor request the allocation and add the student.
- Participate in our online Palmetto 2 onboarding to learn about the system.
- Only faculty can use ColdFront to request an allocation on Palmetto 2.
- Onboarding training is now offered asynchronously via Tiger Training!
- You can check the status of your account using the Palmetto 2 Account Status Check Tool.
📖 Helpful Resources
While you wait for your account to be approved or the next onboarding training workshop, you may want to review these resources:
Requesting an Account
Accounts on are managed through our resource and allocation
Onboarding Training
All new users of the cluster are required to attend an onboarding
Logging In
Any user with a cluster account can log in using
About Palmetto
Palmetto 2 cluster racks at the data center
Compute Hardware
close-up view of compute nodes
Storage Technologies
Storage Media
Job Queueing and Control
Lifecycle of a Slurm Job
Submitting a Job
Slurm Job Submission Commands
🛟 Need assistance?
The Research Computing and Data (RCD) team provides user support for the Palmetto 2 cluster. See the support section for options.