Important Quality of Service Notice
Headnode usage
Over the past several weeks we have seen an unusual increase in use of the headnode resulting in loads that should be directed to the compute nodes. Often this is just a user mistake, but results in lower quality of service to others trying to prepare work for the compute nodes. It is policy that all significant research codes and related work be submitted to run on the compute nodes. In order to help promote the best possible quality of service, effective 6-24-2013, any running jobs on the head node deemed load producing and excessive will be terminated without notice. This will help insure the best possible responsiveness of headnode resources for everyone. Offending users will be further notified and reminded to submit jobs to the compute nodes. Jobs are submitted with the bsub command to the appropriate LSF queue meeting your needs. If you any questions about this change, please send your comments to: cluster-support@tufts.edu.
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