Velocity Scheduler (vsched), Batch Scheduler

Please note:
Connecting to testlogin from off campus: If you are not on the Cornell campus, first make a remote connection to ctcloginb/c and then connect to testlogin. This is similar to what you do now to connect interactively to machines in the batch system. Once the new system image is installed on ctclogina/b/c, then you will able to connect to them directly.

Terminology:

vsched
short name for Velocity Scheduler (batch system)

Affiliation
the name for a pool of compute nodes (e.g. v2)

Queue
ordered list of programs waiting to run

Login node
main entry-point for work on CTC computers. Used to compile programs and submit batch jobs (e.g., ctclogina.tc.cornell.edu, ctcloginb...)

Compute node, batch node
computer intended for cpu-intensive programs, accessible only through the batch scheduler