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   *Drop is:   *Drop is:
-        With nodes at 8 cores each, DROP is designed for non-interactive queue-based parallel supercomputing. +     *    drop.astron.nl 
 +     *    With nodes at 8 cores each, DROP is designed for non-interactive queue-based parallel supercomputing. 
   *Drop is not:   *Drop is not:
         For anything that is interactive, uses less than 8 parallel cores per job, is not queue-able, or generally takes less than a few nights to run on your desktop, you had better use one of the stand-alone servers.          For anything that is interactive, uses less than 8 parallel cores per job, is not queue-able, or generally takes less than a few nights to run on your desktop, you had better use one of the stand-alone servers. 
         Drop has only scratch storage. Move important data to a different server. Anything on /data/ can be deleted without notice.         Drop has only scratch storage. Move important data to a different server. Anything on /data/ can be deleted without notice.
         Kindly note that this cluster comes 'as is' with no support from IT, Joeri or Jason.         Kindly note that this cluster comes 'as is' with no support from IT, Joeri or Jason.
 +        The login node 'drop' is also the file server. Do not run jobs there, in for- or background.
  
   *Come see Joeri for an account   *Come see Joeri for an account
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   *File systems   *File systems
     */export/home/<user>     */export/home/<user>
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       *RAID0, 5TB, no quotas       *RAID0, 5TB, no quotas
       *heaviest users will have older data auto-deleted by semi-random script, so better clear it out yourself       *heaviest users will have older data auto-deleted by semi-random script, so better clear it out yourself
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 +  * Login/master/fileserver node is "drop", nodes are called c0 to c5
 +  * Queueing implemented to balance loads. Only use queue, do not start processing on your own.
 +  * Cluster runs [[http://www.centos.org/|CentOS5]] (a version of RHEL) under [[http://www.rocksclusters.org/roll-documentation/base/5.1/|Rocks 5.1]]
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