What queues are available for use on the ESMF?
The queues presently available on the ESMF are "com_rg8",
"com_rg32", "com_sb8", "com_sb32", "com_rg1", "com_sb1",
"all_spec", "com_rg4" and "com_sb4".
The "all_spec" queue is of high priority, and available by
request only; it can run jobs on all cpu's concurrently.
The "rg" queues are of middle-priority and are available to
anyone in ESS.
The "sb" queues are low priority, and are the only queues
available to people outside of ESS. People inside ESS may
also want to use these queues if they don't need results
ASAP, or aren't working on an ESS task.
The "8" queues can run on the 8 cpu machines, and the "32"
queues can run on the 32 cpu machine.
The com_rg1 queue (and com_sb1, for non-ESS folk) is for jobs that
require fewer than eight CPUs. For example, single-threaded jobs should
run in this queue. This queue allows multiple jobs to run
simultaneously, unlike *_rg8 and *_rg32 which allow only one job per
node. com_rg1 and com_sb1 currently can only run on esmf03m.
Both com_rg4 and com_sb4 (for ESS and non-ESS respectively) are
4 CPU queues with very short time limits for testing jobs in,
before you submit your job to a larger queue, potentially
tying up more resources with untested code.