Scope of Services and Service Specifics
Information on the topic in the LRZ Documentation.
Service Parameter
- Secure shell based logins and data transfer to generally accessible front end nodes
- Development environment with compilers, tools and libraries available on front end nodes, run time environments and applications available on batch nodes. Necessary licenses are supplied by LRZ.
- Resource assignment via SLURM scheduler
- Data Management:
- SCRATCH space for short lifetime data (removal is forced)
- DSS/HOME area with small quota for program and configuration data
- DSS/PROJECT area (max. 10 TByte) upon request for long lifetime data
- Maintenance interruptions of duration 2-5 days are scheduled once or twice per year. These are announced at least 14 calendar days in advance.
- Availability target for the service is 95%. Scheduled maintenance intervals are not accounted.
Requirements
Details on the admission process
- Application for admission shall be through the Master User
- The LRZ project must contain the user account that will be authorized for accessing the Linux Cluster.
- LRZ functional accounts, Campus-LMU accounts, TUM-online accounts, local university institutional accounts, external student account and SuperMUC-NG accounts shall not be authorized for Linux Cluster access. The same applies for accounts assigned to a Max-Planck institute or a student hostel.
Usage guidelines
The service-specific guidelines for the use of the MWN, the archive and backup system (ABS) and the online storage must be observed.
Guidelines for using the file systems and the tape archive on the high-performance and supercomputers: www.lrz.de/wir/regelwerk/richtlinien_filesysteme_HPC/