If xpecIf you wish to use ecFlow to run your workloads, ECMWF will provide you with ready-to-go ecFlow server running on an independent Virtual Machine outside the HPCF. Those servers would take care of the orchestration of your workflow, while all tasks in your suites would actually be submitted and run on HPCF. With each machine being dedicated to one ecFlow server, there are no restrictions of cpu time and no possibility of interference with other users.
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As the local port, you may use any other free port if that particular one is in use. Note also that you will need to start one ssh tunnel for each ecflow server you want to monitor, using a different local port number. |
X11 forwarding
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This should be your last resort when running outsite ECMWF, since the experience running heavy graphical applications through X11 forwarding tends to be poor. |
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