Kimik

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Kimik Information

Kimik is a cluster (currently) containing 140 nodes.Kimik's Quads

• Queues/jobs:

Each user has a quota of 15 slots for jobs. The cluster is divided into four queues as follows...

nanYar.short

         Two single processor machines (nodes 001 and 002).
         Allows all job types, but has a 1 hour time limit.

nanYar

         Older single processor machines from nodes 003 to 045. 
         Works with all job types.
         Currently disabled due to problems vs. the SIRIUS server.

nanYar.l

         Single processor machines from nodes 046 to 094.
         Works with all jobs types.

nanYar.quad

          For "Quad Core" machines from nodes 095 to 140.
          Works with ADF and Gaussian jobs, but other jobs do not work well on these nodes yet.

• Quota/file server space

The $HOME of each user has a quota of 23 GB.

There is softquota, that will announce by a message that you are close to exceed the quota limit.

After reaching the maximum, the user will not be able to write in the $HOME until deleting/compressing some files. That also affects the calculations, if there is not enough space to write the output, they will unfortunately die.

Kimik "How to ..."

• How to submit calculations

     Use the qs command.
     If you type the command “qs” you get a help menu that shows you how to use the 
     command and some specific tips for submission of gaussian jobs.
     With qs you specify the number of nodes you want, which one of the four available queues to access 
     (short queue (s), normal queue (n),long-queue (l), quad-queue (q)), which program to use (adf, 
     gaussian, etc.), and then the input file name (usually with the *.in extension)

• How to view the status of your jobs

     Use the command qstat to give a list of jobs running on the system.
     For more information on the jobs, use the -f key.
     For information on a specific user, use the key -u username.

• How to kill jobs

     Use the command qdel and the job identifier.

• How to check the quota

You can check the disk space you are using by looking at how to check the disk space used

• How to print from kimik

     Laserjet printer: command lpr. The queues are:
     bn1c: prints on one page (1 side, vertically)
     bn1c2: prints two pages on one side horizontally (booklet style)
     bn1ch: prints one page on one side horizontally
     bn2c1: prints on two pages (both sides) vertically  
     bn2c2: prints two pages on both sides (horizontally, booklet style)
     bn2ch: prints one page on both sides horizontally
     Hp printer: command lpr. The queue is called “petita”
     Hp color printer: command lpr. The queue is called “color”