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Batch resources available to the SLAC Analysis Computing Facility users

SLAC uses the LSF (Load Sharing Facility) batch system. LSF replica your current environment setup when submitting jobs. This includes your current working directory and any Unix environment variable setups. All batch nodes available to the ATLAS users have CVMFS (/cvmfs/atlas.cern.ch, /cvmfs/sft.cern.cn, etc.), outbound network connectivity, and access to SLAC networked storages. They also have large /scratch space for temporary use (please clean up your files from there after your job finishes). The following are examples of using LSF: 

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Please refer to the LSF document to get familiar with the basic usage of LSF.

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Batch resources available to the SLAC ATLAS Department users

The above information describes running batch jobs on the "general fair share" queues, which is available to everyone who has a SLAC unix account. ATLAS users have a relatively higher priority on those resource according to the shakeholder's priority page. The following info is for SLAC ATLAS Department users only.

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batch resource owned by the SLAC ATLAS Department

In addition to the "general fair share" resource, SLAC ATLAS Department users can run jobs in a dedicated LSF queue "atlas-t3". The following command show who can use the dedicate LSF resource, and who can add/remove users to the dedicated resource.

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