Servers
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This document lists the compute servers available to holders of valid computer accounts (particularly students and professors) at the School of Computer Science, of McGill University.
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Remote Access to Lab Image Server
Our lab machines power off to conserve energy when idle. To access a lab image machine please ssh to:
ubuntu.cs.mcgill.ca
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Compute Servers
- skinner.cs.mcgill.ca
- willy.cs.mcgill.ca
- mimi.cs.mcgill.ca
- freebsd.cs.mcgill.ca
- linux.cs.mcgill.ca
- ubuntu.cs.mcgill.ca
On a Solaris system (SunOS > 5.0):
- For Hardware/OS platform info, do:
uname -a - For RAM info, do:
top - For CPU info, do:
psrinfo -v
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skinner
- Hardware/OS platform: Linux/Debian
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willy
- Hardware/OS platform: Linux/Debian
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mimi
- Hardware/OS platform: Linux/Debian
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freebsd
- Hardware/OS do
uname -a - For RAM info, do
grep "real memory" /var/run/dmesg.boot - For CPU info, do
grep "CPU" /var/run/dmesg.boot
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linux
- For Hardware/OS do
uname -a - For RAM info, do
toporfree -m - For CPU info, do
cat /proc/cpuinfo
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ubuntu
- Hardware/OS platform: Linux/Ubuntu

