I think it would be a good idea to start working on this. After my 
deadline on Monday, I might have a look into it :-)

Sofie


Thomas Abeel wrote:
  

Any *nix based operating system has options available to limit what a 
user can do. So preventing this type of mess-ups is the server admins 
responsibility. However, you may want to think about what you're about 
to unleash to the cluster/midas and take into account some courtesy for 
your colleagues.

Limiting the number of jobs in a queue, an issue that we have seen 
around several times since I discovered it a few months ago, is a simple 
setting. You can actually set the maximum number of jobs that can be 
queued, any jobs after that will simply be discarded. Or you can limit 
the number of jobs any user can queue.

BTW, I fully agree with solan. It is a very good idea to give new 
cluster users a proper introduction on what you can and cannot do with 
the cluster. I was playing with the idea of writing a wiki entry on 
cluster-etiquette, but didn't do it because I left for Boston. If 
somebody start this, I would like to contribute.

cheers,
Thomas
  
    

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