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Note

Note that there is no PERM or SCRATCH, and the corresponding environment variables will not be defined.

Selecting the STHOST

The Storage server to use is controlled by the environment variable STHOST, which may take the values "ws1" or "ws2". This variable needs to be defined when logging in, and also for all the jobs that need to run in batch. If logging in interactively without passing the environment variable, you will be prompted to choose the desired STHOST:

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Note
titleKSH jobs special requirement

If you are submitting a ksh job, make sure you include this line right after the SBATCH directives header:

Code Block
source /etc/profile


High-priority batch access

As a zid, you will be able to access the "t*" time-critical QoSes which have a higher priority than their standard "n*" counterparts:

QoS nameTypeSuitable for...Shared nodes Maximum jobs per userDefault / Max Wall Clock LimitDefault / Max CPUsDefault / Max Memory
tffractional

serial and small parallel jobs.

Yes-1 day / 1 day1 / 648 GB / 128 GB
tpparallelparallel jobs requiring more than half a nodeNo-6 hours / 1 day--

Ecflow settings

Warning

While the availability of virtual infrastructure to run ecFlow servers remains limited, you may start your ecFlow servers in the interim HPCF dedicated node to be able to run your suites, as detailed in HPC2020: Using ecFlow. However, keep in mind the new model  when migrating or designing your solution.

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