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To submit jobs to the general farm you will need to
- have get a SLAC unix account: https://slacprod.servicenowservices.com/it_services?id=sc_cat_item&sys_id=17176b676ff12100aae0c6012e3ee4f7&sysparm_category=d65827c46fd921009c4235af1e3ee434
- login to a SLAC public machine using ssh
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| bsub argument | requirement | description |
|---|---|---|
| -q <queue_name> | optional | Specifies a job submission queue. Not required for running jobs in the general shared clusters. |
-R "rhel60" or -R "centos7" | optional | The general queues are a mix of rhel6 and centos7 hosts. Use one of these -R options to restrict your job to the indicated OS. |
| -W <[hours]:minutes> | required | Wallclock runtime limit that is not normalized for CPU differences. Essential for efficient job scheduling. Jobs will be terminated if they exceed this runlimit |
| -We <[hours]:minutes> | optional | Wallclock estimated runtime limit that is not normalized for CPU differences. The system will consider this estimate for scheduling purposes. Jobs may be not terminated immediately if they exceed this limit |
| -c <[hours]:minutes> | optional | cputime limit that is normalized by the CPU factor of the assigned core. Intended to prevent runaway jobs but it is not used to schedule time on cores. |
General Queues Queue Run Times
Queue
| Default Runlimit | Maximun Runlimit | Priority |
|---|---|---|---|
| EXPRESS | 4 min | 4 min | 200 |
| SHORT | 20 min | 60 min | 185 |
| MEDIUM | 30 min | 2 days | 180 |
| LONG | 30 min | 5 days | 175 |
| IDLE | 12 hours | 12 hours | 5 |
| bulletmpi * | 15 min | 7 days | 187 |
| bulletmpi-large * | 15 min | 1 day | 187
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There are manpages available for the various batch commands and there is full documentation for LSF here https://www.slacibm.stanford.educom/compsupport/unix/packageknowledgecenter/SSWRJV_10.1.0/lsf/currdoc/ .