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* '''File system quotas'''
** HOME: '''500GB''', '''5 million files (inodes)'''
** Workspace: '''40TB''', '''20 million files (inodes)'''
** Throttling Policies: The '''maximum amount of cores''' used at any given time from jobs running is 1920 per user (aggregated over all running jobs).
* '''Username and HOME directory for KIT users'''
** Like everyone else, KIT users' usernames now have the two-character prefix of their home location: '''<code>ka_</code>'''
** The HOME directory for user ''ab1234'' would be: '''<code>/home/ka/ka_OE/ka_ab1234</code>''' (OE: organizational unit)
** Login with SSH: '''<code>ssh ka_ab1234@uc3.scc.kit.edu</code>'''
* '''Access for KIT students'''
** KIT students can be granted access with their regular u-student account in the context of a lecture (cf. https://www.scc.kit.edu/servicedesk/formulare.php &rarr; Application Form for Students accounts on bwUniCluster).
** The account is only enabled '''during the lecture period'''. After the end of the semester, the accounts will be deprovisioned and the user data is deleted.
** A guest and partner account (GuP) is required for all other projects of KIT students on bwUniCluster 3.0.
* '''Allowed Activities on Login Nodes'''
** To guarantee usability for all the users of clusters you must not run your compute jobs on the login nodes.
** Compute intensive jobs must be submitted to the queuing system.<br/>
** '''Any compute job running on the login nodes will be terminated without any notice.'''
** Any long-running compilation or any long-running pre- or post-processing of batch jobs must also be submitted to the queuing system.

Latest revision as of 10:49, 2 December 2025

Policies

  • File system quotas
    • HOME: 500GB, 5 million files (inodes)
    • Workspace: 40TB, 20 million files (inodes)
    • Throttling Policies: The maximum amount of cores used at any given time from jobs running is 1920 per user (aggregated over all running jobs).
  • Username and HOME directory for KIT users
    • Like everyone else, KIT users' usernames now have the two-character prefix of their home location: ka_
    • The HOME directory for user ab1234 would be: /home/ka/ka_OE/ka_ab1234 (OE: organizational unit)
    • Login with SSH: ssh ka_ab1234@uc3.scc.kit.edu
  • Access for KIT students
    • KIT students can be granted access with their regular u-student account in the context of a lecture (cf. https://www.scc.kit.edu/servicedesk/formulare.php → Application Form for Students accounts on bwUniCluster).
    • The account is only enabled during the lecture period. After the end of the semester, the accounts will be deprovisioned and the user data is deleted.
    • A guest and partner account (GuP) is required for all other projects of KIT students on bwUniCluster 3.0.
  • Allowed Activities on Login Nodes
    • To guarantee usability for all the users of clusters you must not run your compute jobs on the login nodes.
    • Compute intensive jobs must be submitted to the queuing system.
    • Any compute job running on the login nodes will be terminated without any notice.
    • Any long-running compilation or any long-running pre- or post-processing of batch jobs must also be submitted to the queuing system.