Procedure for reserving hpc resources
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Rules to Follow
- The request must be made 2 months in advance.
- The user agrees to utilize all requested resources.
- Any server unused for 4 hours during business hours (9:00 AM – 5:30 PM, Monday to Friday) can be removed from the reservation.
- The reservation can be deleted after 4 hours of inactivity of all requested resources during business hours.
- The code or program should be ready at the beginning of the reservation. Preparatory tests must have been conducted beforehand. Please contact us if you encounter any problems
- We appreciate you notifying us if your calculation is completed before the end of your reservation and you no longer need it.
Reservation Request Form
Before filling out the form
- Check the scalability of your job. Using 16 cores (or fewer) may be more efficient than using 64.
- Use only the required amount of memory. There’s no need to request 100 GB if your task doesn’t require it.
- Refer to the ‘Optimal Memory per Core Ratio’.
Instructions for submitting your request
Any request not accompanied by a specific duration will be rejected.
Please fill out the form below to submit your machine reservation request and return it to us.
Some Tips
- We strongly recommend setting the email address and user in the Slurm script to be notified when your job finishes. Please use the email address you provided in your account opening form.
#SBATCH --mail-type=END # Mail notification type (END for job completion)
#SBATCH --mail-user=your.email@example.com # Email address for notifications- Please carefully check the configuration settings of your job to ensure it does not conflict with the reservation or the partition.
- To take the reservation:
sbatch --reservation=reservation_name my_script.shor include in your script my_script.sh
#SBATCH --reservation=reservation_nameThen launch your job as you usually do:
sbatch my_script.sh- At the beginning of the reservation, please verify that your job starts correctly.