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== JUSTUS 2 Policy - Agreement - V3 ==
== JUSTUS 2 Policy - Agreement - V3 ==
For all users of bwForCluster JUSTUS 2 for Computational Chemistry and Quantum Sciences the [https://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/kiz/wir_ueber_uns/kiz-bo.pdf|terms of use for services of the Communication- and Information Center (kiz) of Ulm University] apply.
For all users of bwForCluster JUSTUS 2 for Computational Chemistry and Quantum Sciences the [https://www.uni-ulm.de/fileadmin/website_uni_ulm/kiz/wir_ueber_uns/kiz-bo.pdf terms of use for services of the Communication- and Information Center (kiz) of Ulm University] apply.

When registering for the service, you comply with above mentioned terms of use. Additionally you ...
When registering for the service, you comply with above mentioned terms of use. Additionally you ...


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* agree to contribute to reports for the DFG
* agree to contribute to reports for the DFG
* acknowledge that your home directory and work spaces will be deleted after expiration of your account (thus you are responsible to backup your files before your account expires)
* acknowledge that your home directory and work spaces will be deleted after expiration of your account (thus you are responsible to backup your files before your account expires)
* will cause no constant file writes from jobs to $HOME: Any calculation swap file has to stay on the local node. Multinode-jobs that must use a common filesystem use workspaces.
* will avoid swap file I/O operations or any other intense I/O to HOME - swap files of single-node jobs must use the node local disk space
* no long cpu/memory intense calculations on login/vis nodes. Those nodes are for interactive use, compiling and short tests.
* will not run long cpu/memory intense calculations on login/vis nodes - those nodes are for interactive use, compiling and short tests only
* no storage of important results in workspaces (there are no backups!)
* will not store important results in workspaces, since they are not included in any backup
* no mass-flooding the batch manager with very short (minutes) jobs
* will not mass-submit very short (minutes) jobs to the batch system
* plan/submit calculations so you can fill nodes (nodes are user-exclusive on J2, only your jobs can run on a node you use)
* will plan/submit calculations in such a way that those jobs fill entire nodes - since nodes are user-exclusive on JUSTUS 2


Also see
Also see

Latest revision as of 17:37, 16 February 2026

JUSTUS 2 Policy - Agreement - V3

For all users of bwForCluster JUSTUS 2 for Computational Chemistry and Quantum Sciences the terms of use for services of the Communication- and Information Center (kiz) of Ulm University apply.

When registering for the service, you comply with above mentioned terms of use. Additionally you ...

  • agree to use the cluster only for research in accordance with DFG funding conditions
  • agree to acknowledge the bwForCluster JUSTUS 2 in your publications
  • agree to send us references to all publications with contributions by JUSTUS 2
  • comply with the terms of use of the software manufacturers
  • agree to report any problem that might endanger the cluster operations
  • agree to use the resources carefully (without wasting cores, memory or disk space)
  • accept that the system is monitored to prevent misuse
  • accept that job and software usage statistics are collected for improving the service and reporting to the DFG
  • assure that your compute activities comply with the German Foreign Trade Act (Außenwirtschaftsgesetz - AWG) und German Foreign Trade Regulations (Außenwirtschaftsverordnung - AWV), see https://www.bafa.de/DE/Aussenwirtschaft/Ausfuhrkontrolle/Academia/academia_node.html
  • agree to contribute to reports for the DFG
  • acknowledge that your home directory and work spaces will be deleted after expiration of your account (thus you are responsible to backup your files before your account expires)
  • will avoid swap file I/O operations or any other intense I/O to HOME - swap files of single-node jobs must use the node local disk space
  • will not run long cpu/memory intense calculations on login/vis nodes - those nodes are for interactive use, compiling and short tests only
  • will not store important results in workspaces, since they are not included in any backup
  • will not mass-submit very short (minutes) jobs to the batch system
  • will plan/submit calculations in such a way that those jobs fill entire nodes - since nodes are user-exclusive on JUSTUS 2

Also see

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