Systems Consulting

Overview	Our system consultants can help with the use of supercomputing systems, their various programming tools and packages, and data management. They’ll help resolve issues with operating system commands and utilities, batch scripts, and job failures. And they’ll assist you with performance-related issues and recommend methodologies to most effectively use the facilities.
Available To	Students, Faculty, Researchers, Staff, External Research Collaborators, Industrial partners.
Benefits	Maximize your productivity, and the quality and effectiveness of your project, with our professional support.
Key Features	Help with choosing which of our systems and compilers will best meet your needs Help with using the compilers Help with using the batch systems and understanding our usage policies Help with system configuration (memory and cache) and I/O performance issues Help with improving your code’s performance
Requirements	Those interested in systems consulting should be on a project on the Scientific Computing Facilities.
Cost	No charge to the BU community. There is a charge to industrial partners.
Getting Started	Learn more about systems consulting. Contact us at scv@bu.edu.