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Please note that queues a1 - a4 are for submitting jobs on Magellan. Please read the man page of the software packages you wish to use before submission. Click here for a list of software packages available on Magellan.
The configuration of the batch queues for running work on Magellan is listed below. Each value given is the limit of the resource in that queue.
| Queue name | Priority | CPU Time Limit (min) | Wallclock Time Limit (min) | Memory Limit (Mb) | Number of processors | Maximum number of processors per user | Maximum number of processors per queue |
| a1 | 15 | 60 | 180 | 10485.76 | 1 - 4 | 6 | 16 |
| a2 | 10 | 3600 | 7200 | 10485.76 | 1 - 8 | 16 | 80 |
| a3 | 5 | 15000 | 18000 | 157286.4 | 1 - 64 | 64 | 96 |
| a4 | 4 | 60000 | 90000 | 157286.4 | 8 - 64 | 64 | 96 |
To obtain more information on a particular queue, users can type the following command at the Unix prompt after logging onto Magellan:
bqueues -l queue_name
where queue_name is a1, a2, etc.
e.g. bqueues -l a1
Please refer to the corresponding man pages for each software on how to submit jobs onto the batch queues using the bsub command. Click here for an example on how to submit a Gaussian job onto the queue.
The current status of CPU usage and queue information is available from this web link:
http://sct.esc.rl.ac.uk/NSCCS/status.html
For further information on the queuing system on the NSCCS Cluster, please refer to the NSCCS User Guide.