Jobs#
An HPC cluster is a multi-user system. This implies that your computations run on a part of the cluster that will be temporarily reserved for you by the scheduler.
Warning
Do not run computationally intensive tasks on the login nodes! These nodes are shared among all active users, so putting a heavy load on those nodes will annoy other users.
Although you can work interactively on an HPC system, most computations are performed in batch mode. The workflow in batch mode is straightforward:
Create a job script
Submit it as a job to the scheduler
Wait for the computation to run and finish
The following sections cover all aspects related to the preparation, execution and monitoring of your jobs in the HPC.
VSC clusters using the Slurm job scheduler
VSC clusters using the Torque job scheduler
Tier-1 Hortense
Tier-2 All clusters