TeraGrid Resource Advance Reservation Form
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Use this form to request advance reservations on one or more of the
listed TeraGrid resources.
This form may be used to request a cross-site or a single-site reservation.
Please use the Additional Comments section of the form to indicate any
special grid, application, or system software requirements.
- New reservation advanced notice:
at least one calendar week whenever possible.
- Advanced request for reservation changes:
at least 48 hours before the scheduled start of the run.
- Available times: normal working hours for the requested
centers are Monday through Friday, 8 AM-5 PM
local time (except holidays) at all sites.
- Supervised jobs: Please specify whether your job requires
live supervision by TeraGrid staff.
- TeraGrid system administrator will be present
- TeraGrid consultant will be on call to assist with the run
- member of user's project team must be available to work with TeraGrid
staff should problems arise
- Your requested
time may be altered depending on staff availability; you will be informed
of any scheduling changes via email.
- Processor availability: depends upon current/predicted
user load; check the TeraGrid
System Events Calendar
to view scheduled reservations.
- Maximum number of CPUs:
- LONI: Intel 64 Linux Cluster (Queen Bee) 1024 CPUs
- NCAR: Blue Gene/L (Frost) 2048 CPUs
- NCSA: Intel 64 Linux Cluster (Abe) 9600 CPUs
- NCSA: Altix (Cobalt) 1024 CPUs
- NCSA: IA-64 Cluster (Mercury) 1774 CPUs
- ORNL: IA-32 Cluster (NSTG Cluster) 32 CPUs
- PSC: XT3 (BigBen) 4096 CPUs
- PSC: Altix 4700 (Pople) 768 CPUs
- TACC: PowerEdge 1955 (Lonestar) 256 CPUs
- TACC: Visualization Cluster (Spur) 64 CPUs
- References
- Consult User Guides of requested platforms before starting a run
- Helpful TeraGrid User Support sections:
- Checking Reservations: Users can check their reservations at NCSA using
the show_res command.
All fields are required except Additional Comments.
