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The PBS queue system allocates a set of nodes and processors to an individual job, either for the walltime specified in the job or the maximum walltime in the queue. It then provides
Queues
Old Policies
In order to efficiently use our computational resources, we ask all group members to follow the guidelines below when planning and running simulations:
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Please note that we attempted to implement the OpenPBS queue system on Cyrus1 and Quantum2 in December 2009; these systems appeared to be working in testing, but did not perform as desired when multiple jobs were submitted. The use of these queuing systems on those clusters has been suspended until further notice.
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Old Alloocation
Effective Monday, April 12, at noon, we will move to a fixed allocation of nodes to users. To promote efficient usage, some nodes are shared between two users. We hope sharing with a single other user will be easier to coordinate, and please try to do so equitably.
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