What are the queue policies for running jobs?
• Updated Queue Policies • Improved Wait Times for Interactive PDAF and PDAFM Nodes • More predictable wait times for —interactive— access to large memory nodes • An new queue called express has been provisioned. It is active between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m. Monday through Friday • Jobs submitted to this queue should have more predictable wait times, thereby facilitating usage in interactive mode • Users will be allowed only one job in this queue at a time, with a status of either waiting or running, and a maximum run time of two hours • Initially, the express queue will have one PDAF node and one PDAFM node. The runtime, number of reserved nodes, and hours of the day when this is available may be modified if usage so dictates • This queue can also be used for batch jobs, but the intention is to have non-interactive jobs run in the other queues whenever possible. • Users will always be able to get an interactive session on PDAF/M nodes for more than two hours by running qsub -I -q large, but
