Cluster

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IIHE local cluster

Overview

The cluster is composed by 4 machine types :

  • User Interfaces (UI)

This is the cluster front-end, to use the cluster, you need to log into those machines

Servers : ui01, ui02

  • Computing Element (CE)

This server is the core of the batch system : it run submitted jobs on worker nodes

Servers : ce

  • Worker Nodes (WN)

This is the power of the cluster : they run jobs and send the status back to the CE

Servers : slave*

  • Storage Elements

This is the memory of the cluster : they contains data, software, ...

Servers : datang (/data, /software), lxserv (/user), x4500 (/ice3)



How to connect

To connect to the cluster, you must use your IIHE credentials (same as for wifi)

ssh username@icecube.iihe.ac.be

TIP : icecube.iihe.ac.be & lxpub.iihe.ac.be points automatically to available UI's (ui01, ui02, ...)


After a successful login, you'll see this message :

==========================================
Welcome on the IIHE ULB-VUB cluster

Cluster status  http://ganglia.iihe.ac.be
Documentation   http://wiki.iihe.ac.be/index.php/Cluster
IT Help         support-iihe@ulb.ac.be
==========================================

username@uiXX:~$

Your default current working directory is your home folder.


Directory Structure

Here is a description of most useful directories

/user/{username}

Your home folder

/data

Main data repository

/data/user/{username}

Users data folder

/data/ICxx

IceCube datasets

/software

The local software area

/ice3

This folder is the old software area. We strongly recommend you to build your tools in the /software directory

/cvmfs

Centralised CVMFS repository for the IceCube Software

Batch System

Queues

The cluster is decomposed in queues


any lowmem standard highmem gpu
Description default queue, all available nodes



GPU's dedicated queue
CPU's 494
88
384
8
14
Walltime default/limit 144 hours (6 days) / 240 hours (10 days)
Memory default/limit
2 Gb
3 Gb
4 Gb


Job submission

To submit a job, you just have to use the qsub command :

qsub myjob.sh

OPTIONS

-q queueName : choose the queue (default: any)

-N jobName : name of the job

-I : pass in interactive mode

-m : mail options

-l : resources options


Job management

To see all jobs (running / queued), you can use the qstat command or go to the JobMonArch page

qstat

OPTIONS

-u username : list only jobs submitted by username

-n : show nodes where jobs are running

-q : show the job repartition on queues


Useful links

Ganglia Monitoring : Servers status

JobMonArch : Jobs overview