Velocity Scheduler

2.2 Choosing a Batch Queue
All users have access to the nodes in the table below. Find the full details about these and other types of nodes on the resources page. Note that charging is equal for the different processor types; an hour of time on a serial node is the same as an hour of time on a V1 quad processor node.

Specification Type Purpose
development dual processor short test jobs
serial single processor serial jobs
v2 dual processor parallel jobs

Are nodes of the right type available? To find out, use the cctypes command:

H:\Users\susan>cctypes

Nodes summary: 106 available, 515 busy, 9 down.
Count Free  Busy    Down    Architecture      Mem       Features
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14     11     3      0      1way_PIII        1024 CTC    600Mhz long  
18     0      17     1      1way_PIII        1024 CTC    600Mhz serial
64     4      58     2      2way_PIII        2048 CTC    1.0Ghz cbweb 
64     0      60     4      2way_PIII        2048 CTC    1.0Ghz cmi   
64     0      64     0      2way_PIII        2048 CTC    733Mhz vplus 
8      6      0      2      2way_PIII        2048 CTC    866Mhz development
190    0      190    0      2way_Xeon        2048 CTC    2.4Ghz cbsu  
16     16     0      0      2way_Xeon        2048 CTC    2.4Ghz manhattan
128    5      123    0      2way_Xeon        2048 CTC    2.4Ghz v2    
16     16     0      0      4way_PIII_Xeon   4096 CTC    500Mhz special
48     48     0      0      4way_PIII_Xeon   4096 CTC    500Mhz v1 

What is the wait on a given queue? To find out, use the ccq command. Remember, jobs are run first-in, first-out, with backfilling:

H:\Users\susan>ccq | findstr v1
 JID    User      Nodes   Time Type Stat End Time    Master      Resources
------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 72890 kino 16 24:00 B R 09/05 15:47 ctc017 16@v1 72951 siva 12 24:00 B R 09/05 15:52 ctc002 12@v1 73057 vc27 1 8:00 B R 09/05 16:10 ctc061 1@v1 73066 bottke 1 8:00 B R 09/05 16:18 ctc062 1@v1 73067 bottke 1 8:00 B R 09/05 16:27 ctc015 1@v1 73068 bottke 1 8:00 B R 09/05 16:28 ctc034 1@v1 72914 kino 16 24:00 B R 09/06 01:25 ctc001 16@v1 72938 kino 16 24:00 B R 09/06 05:15 ctc016 16@v1 72993 kino 16 24:00 B W __ 16@v1 73069 bottke 1 8:00 B W __ 1@v1 73081 clineja 6 8:00 B W __ 6@v1
73083 zaven 1 3:00 B W __ 1@v1
Status key: R = Running, W = Waiting, ST = STarting, C = Clearing