Frontera is one of the most powerful supercomputers in the world, and the fastest supercomputer on a university campus. Hundreds of U.S. scientists and engineers use Frontera each year to power discoveries across a wide range of scientific domains, from the quantum to the cosmic scale. Frontera is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and serves as the leadership-class system in NSF’s cyberinfrastructure ecosystem.
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Getting Started
Get started by creating your account, logging in, onboarding your account, and accessing your files.
Frontera User Guide
Start using Frontera as a new or experienced user, and learn how to utilize all features for your work.
Data Transfer Guide
Learn how to transfer Portal data from your local machine to one of TACC's remote storage systems via command line tools or graphical user interfaces.
Globus Data Transfer Guide
Learn how to use Globus for high-speed, reliable, asynchronous transfers to the Portal for large volumes of data.
HPC Application Tutorial: VASP on Frontera and Stampede2 (Archive)
This training module helps beginner and intermediate users of the VASP software package to carry out calculations with desirable performance and efficient usage of resources on TACC systems.
Materials covered included introductory and advanced topics in OpenMP and MPI, hybrid computing, and the interplay between OpenMP and MPI within a single code. We also discussed profiling, debugging, and parallel I/O.
