MATLAB on the Scientific Computing Linux Clusters

Introduction

ERIS maintains a pool of licenses for Matlab, toolboxes and the Distributed Computing Server.  This software may be used at no cost on the Scientific Computing (SciC) Linux Clusters, and we also offer a paid subscription service allowing use of our Matlab license and select toolboxes on your own computers connected to the Mass General Brigham computer network.

Using MATLAB on the SciC Linux Clusters

Several versions of Matlab are installed on ERIS HPC infrastructure.  Contact SciC Linux Clusters Support for the latest information.

Use MATLAB on a powerful Microsoft Windows server

Matlab is installed on all the Windows Analysis Servers. Register for an account at https://rc.partners.org/eris_cluster and indicate your preference for Windows to obtain an account. 

 

Use MATLAB graphically in a Linux Virtual Desktop, attached to the Linux HPC cluster

  • Obtain access to the SciC Linux Clusters Remote Desktop
  • Once connected to the Linux Gnome environment, open a Terminal window (From Applications → System Tools → Terminal menu)
  • Take a look at the different Matlab modules available
 module avail matlab
  • Do not run Matlab on ERISTwo login nodes. Matlab easily runs into resource limits on the login nodes. Use Slurm to submit interactive or batch jobs to run Matlab.
  • In the terminal, the Matlab graphical user interface can be launched. You may choose any of the available versions. For example, to load MATLAB/2020b:
module load MATLAB/2020b 
matlab       

Use the MATLAB parallel processing toolbox on either Windows or Linux

 

Submit MATLAB jobs to the ERISTwo Linux Cluster

Instructions for using Slurm to submit jobs on ERISTwo can be found here.

If you want to use Matlab's GUI you can access remote desktop nodes with NoMachine.

 

 

Paid subscription service for Laptops and Workstations

Go to KB0027892 in the IS Service Desk