Introduction

The newest cluster at UMSL is called expedition (expedition.umsl.edu) it has 128, 3 GHz Xeon processors. There is a second cluster called valhalla (valhalla.umsl.edu) with 64 processors and a combined 66.7 GHz of power. Both clusters use the Linux operating system.

Running programs on the Cluster:

To learn how to use the cluster select the "Using the Cluster" menu item on the left.

The following programs are available on expedition and valhalla.

Parallel:

ClustalW
MrBayes
POY

Embarrassingly Parallel:

PAUP
PAUPRat

Serial:

Bayesian Dating
Lamarc
Migrate
Modeltest/MrModeltest
PAML
QTL Cartographer

Useful programs for your local computer:

Fugu
Cyberduck
TextWrangler (the new BBEdit Lite).
Readseq

UNIX Help:

Linux Commands
Shell Scripting
There are many more sites out there...

Beowulf Links:

Beowulf.org
U.M.-St. Louis Beowulf Site

This website, its content, and many of the scipts described were created by Patrick Sweeney (pwsweeney@umsl.edu).