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Etiquette
The BRC Cluster is run largely without restrictions and limits, and that has worked pretty well so far. This is so that you can get a large amount of memory if you need it, or a large number of cores, or run jobs for a long time. We would like to continue to run the same way. So, please follow some guidelines…
Do not bog down the head node!
You can run some stuff on the head node:
Do not run long-running processes on the head node.
From time to time the head node will be rebooted to update the
OS kernel. A reboot of the head node will not affect jobs running on the compute nodes, but will, of course, kill off any processes running on the head node.