diff --git a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/application/request_for_resources.md b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/application/request_for_resources.md index 8a181c488c13733d1f8f4e41bc2a39e3ad9ece8a..1661a464357db30aa01312ec9f928f1793ed9c7b 100644 --- a/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/application/request_for_resources.md +++ b/doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/docs/application/request_for_resources.md @@ -13,14 +13,11 @@ your project and how to effectively use HPC resources. ## Available Software -It is good practice for working on HPC clusters to use software and packages built with support for parallelization -wherever possible. Open-source software is generally preferable to proprietary software. You can check -for already installed software at the [Software module list][2]. However, the majority of popular -programming languages, scientific applications, software and packages can be installed on the HPC -cluster using different dependencies. There are -[two different software environments](../software/modules.md) implementing these varying -dependencies: `scs5` (the regular one) and `ml` (environment for the Machine Learning partition). -Keep in mind that any software you wish to use on ZIH HPC systems needs to work on Linux. +Pre-installed software on our HPC systems is managed via [modules][2]. You can +see the list of software that's already installed and accessible via module [here][3]. However, +there are many different variants of these modules available. We have divided these into two different software environments: `scs5` (for regular partitions) and `ml` (for the Machine Learning partition). +Within each environment there are further dependencies and variants; see (TODO some explanation of EasyBuild naming scheme) for more details. [1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Amdahl%27s_law -[2]: https://gauss-allianz.de/de/application?organizations%5B0%5D=1200 +[2]: https://doc.zih.tu-dresden.de/software/modules/ +[3]: https://gauss-allianz.de/de/application?organizations%5B0%5D=1200