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bsub -W <time in minutes> <your job>
| 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 |
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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 |
*The bulletmpi and bulletmpi-large queues are for mpi jobs only. Access can be requested by email to unix-admin.
General farm batch hosts
Pool/Resource Name | No. in Pool | OS | Hardware | Comment |
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Dell R410
dual quad-core 2.93GHz Intel Xeon X5570 CPUs
24GB memory
Dell R410
dual hexa-core 2.66GHz Intel Xeon X5650 CPUs
24GB memory
| bullet | 302 | rhel6-64 | Dell PowerEdge M620 dual 8 core 2.2GHz Intel Xeon E5-2660 64GB memory | bullet0001 and 2 are login nodes |
| kiso | 68 | centos7 | Dell R410 dual hexa-core 2.66GHz Intel Xeon X5650 CPUs 48GB memory |
| deft | 28 | centos7 | Dell Poweredge M630 quad hexa-core 2.30GHz Xeon E5-2670 CPUs 132GB memory |
| bubble | 19 | centos7 | Dell Poweredge C6420 dual 18-core 2.70GHz Xeon Gold 6150 CPUs 196GB memory | bubble0001 is a login node 7 are available to the general farm, 12 more are available to the general farm for jobs running 10 minutes or less. |
*The pool or resource name can be used to run on a specific set of hosts, i.e. "bsub -R kiso <job>"
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There are manpages available for the various batch commands and there is full documentation for LSF here https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSWRJV_10.1.0/lsf_welcome/lsf_welcome.html .