===== Job Echidna =====

[[https://www.echidnamms.org/|Echidna Mixed Models Software]]

Echidna Mixed Models Software (EchidnaMMS) performs statistical analysis by fitting linear mixed models utilising the Average Information algorithm to estimate variance parameters.

Echidna is targeted for use in animal and plant breeding contexts.

=== Job Echidna multicore (single node) ===

Example script ''slurm-echidna-bdw.sh'' to run Echidna on 1 node using 2 cores and at most 1 GB of memory:

<code bash slurm-echidna-bdw.sh>
#!/bin/bash
#SBATCH --job-name=echidna
#SBATCH --output=%x.o%j
#SBATCH --error=%x.e%j
#SBATCH --nodes=1
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1
#SBATCH --cpus-per-task=2
#SBATCH --partition=bdw
#SBATCH --mem=1G
#SBATCH --time=0-00:30:00
#SBATCH --mail-user=<user_email_address>
##SBATCH --mail-type=BEGIN,END
##SBATCH --account=<account>

module load echidna

MAIL_USER=$(grep '^#SBATCH --mail-user' "$0" | sed -e 's/#SBATCH --mail-user=//')
OMP_NUM_THREADS=${SLURM_CPUS_PER_TASK:-1}

export OMP_NUM_THREADS

rm -f sped.esk
rm -f sped.eqo
rm -rf sped12

echo $MAIL_USER | Echidna sped
</code>