The IT Center at RWTH Aachen University operates the High-Performance Computing (HPC) cluster CLAIX to support German researchers, lecturers and industry partners.

This documentation provides detailed information about CLAIX, including technical specifications and user guides. For general information about HPC at RWTH, please visit our landing page. Manuals about parallel programming and other useful resources can be found at the HPC-Wiki.

Information for New Users

If you are new to CLAIX, we recommend reading the following pages carefully. They cover the most important aspects of the HPC cluster and will help you get started:

• First Steps in Accessing CLAIX
• General Information about HPC JupyterHub
• Resources for Linux on HPC
• Login via the Terminal
• First Steps in Submitting a Job
• Introduction to Computing Time