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--- techstaff:slurm [2016/01/04 16:46] – kauffman
+++ techstaff:slurm [2016/01/08 15:49] – [Interactive Jobs] kauffman
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 I can now exit my interactive shell.
+== Performance is slow ==
+This is expected. The maximum speed this server will ever be able to achieve is 1Gb/s because of its single 1G ethernet uplink. If this cluster gains in popularity we plan on upgrading the network and storage server.
 ==== Utilization Dashboard ====
 Sometimes it is useful to see how much of the cluster is utilized. You can do that via the following URL: http://peanut.cs.uchicago.edu
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 This command:
-   srun -p general --pty --mem 500 -t 0-06:00 /bin/bash
+   srun -p general --pty --cpus-per-task 1 --mem 500 -t 0-06:00 /bin/bash
 will start a command line shell (''%%/bin/bash%%'') on the 'general' queue with 500 MB of RAM for 6 hours; 1 core on 1 node is assumed as these parameters (''%%-n 1 -N 1%%'') were left out. When the interactive session starts, you will notice that you are no longer on a login node, but rather one of the compute nodes dedicated to this queue. The ''%%--pty%%'' option allows the session to act like a standard terminal.
 ====== Job Scheduling ======
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 ====== More ======
-If you feel this documentation is lacking in some way please let techstaff know. Email(techstaff@cs.uchicago.edu), call(773-702-1031), or stop by our office (Ryerson 154).
+If you feel this documentation is lacking in some way please let techstaff know. Email [[techstaff@cs.uchicago.edu]], call (773-702-1031), or stop by our office (Ryerson 154).