[MU Chem Linux Users] Dock Etiquette and a new Protocol

[Andrew J. Pounds]

Good morning Chemistry Linux (Dock) users:

We have several new users on Dock this semester and I anticipate this 
trend growing as we move into the new building.  I didn't get a chance 
to brief all the new users on the "rules" of etiquette on Dock -- the 
main one being that if you are not actively doing a calculation or 
working on something, then please LOG OFF and close out your graphical 
session.  When you log into the console and leave you effectively lock 
others out from using dock.      I came in this morning and found a 
terminal session that was two days old. That meant any chemistry 
research students or faculty members who needed to use the system on 
Friday were locked out.

Don't interpret this as "don't use the machine" -- it is a great 
resource for us and has some, although dated, great graphics and 
computing abilities.  I want us to use it to its fullest potential.   
With so many people now depending on it for research, however, we all 
must be a little more diligent about playing nice.  Here are some 
guidelines we need to follow.

1. Jobs running longer than a few hours really should be run via the 
batch queues -- which I will gladly show you how to use.

2. If you are not using the system actively, or are leaving for class, 
please LOG OFF

3. If you come in and find the system locked and you need to use it, 
contact me (preferably via text msg) so I can check to see if the system 
is truly idle before killing off wayward  running jobs/processes and 
rebooting the system.

That is all...


-- 
Andrew J. Pounds, Ph.D.  (pounds_aj at mercer.edu)
Professor of Chemistry and Computer Science
Mercer University,  Macon, GA 31207   (478) 301-5627
http://faculty.mercer.edu/pounds_aj

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