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As part of this hardware refresh, we have also replaced LSF load management software with slurm on the new cluster. We made this decision as did many other high-performance supercomputing centers worldwide. The benefit to Tufts users is an experience built upon a common understanding and implementation strategy for scaling HPC jobs.
See wiki page aboutslurm for Tufts LSF users.
Documentation sources and examples are provided for orientation purposes.
Cluster Maintenance Window
During Sept. 2015 a maintenance window, Wednesdays at 6-7am, was established for supporting the installation and configuration of software and licenses, similar to that found at other HPC sites. For the most part, maintenance activities during this window will not have any direct effects on access or job placements. With history as a guide, these events are on the order of several minutes or less and don't happen all that often. In cases where user impact is expected, sufficient notification will be given. If you have any concerns please contact tts-support@tufts.edu.