Miscellaneous Policies and Guidelines

FRCE has very few hard restrictions, with most policies running along the lines of being considerate of other users. A non-exclusive list includes:

• Do not run resource-intensive jobs on the head node. This is a hard requirement and any process using over 10 CPU-minutes will be automatically killed with a cryptic error message. For these jobs, either use an srun interactive session or bring up an Open OnDemand desktop session.
• File transfers using scp or rsync can fall into the resource-intensive category of jobs, as they do use a considerable amount of CPU. In addition to the solutions above, you can log into fsitgl-xfer03p and transfer files from the command line on that system.
• Do not keep srun sessions open and idle for long periods, as the allocated resources for these sessions are not available to other users. This is particularly important when requesting GPU systems.
• The FRCE administrators are unable to create new network shares or change the quotas on existing shares. A Service Now form is available for any storage requests.
• Similarly, FRCE administrators cannot add users to Active Directory groups and access to network shares are controlled by AD groups. A Service Now ticket is required to make these changes.