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Singularity

dkakkar edited this page Jan 29, 2020 · 1 revision
  • Singularity is a free, cross-platform and open-source technology used for containerization of workloads
  • As of 2018, the Singularity user base is estimated to be greater than 25,000 installations and includes users at academic institutions such as Ohio State University, and Michigan State University, as well as top HPC centers like Texas Advanced Computing Center, San Diego Supercomputer Center, and Oak Ridge National Laboratory.
  • Singularity has been deployed on FASRC cluster
  • Singularity enables users to have full control of their operating system environment
  • FASRC uses Singularity instead of Docker for security reasons
  • Singularity can import Docker containers