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Submitting your Batch Job<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Submit your code to run on the compute nodes. Create a submission script and specify options for better job management.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Running your Interactive Jobs through Batch<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Start interactive shell on a compute node to debug your code or run resource-intensive interactive programs.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Running MPI jobs in an Interactive Session<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Learn how to run an MPI job in an interactive session.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Resources Available for your Jobs<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Explore resources (CPUs, GPUs, Memory, Scratch space) available for your interactive and non-interactive jobs.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Managing and Tracking your Batch Job<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

View the status of your job; delete your job from the queue; evaluate memory usage by your job.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Allocating Memory for your Job<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Figure out how much memory your job requires and then request appropriate resources.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Advanced Batch System Usage<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Submit array of jobs; Specify dependency of one job from another.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Running Parallel Batch Jobs<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Run parallel (OMP, MPI or GPU) jobs.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Running Interactive Graphics Job<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Run complex interactive visualization applications that require OpenGL 3D hardware acceleration.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Batch Script Examples<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Example batch scripts for running a variety of common job types.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Best Practices<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Learn some Best Practices to apply when using the Shared Computing Cluster.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Process Reapers<\/a><\/span><\/h3>\n

Learn about our automated and policy enforcement process reapers.\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Submitting your Batch Job Submit your code to run on the compute nodes. Create a submission script and specify options for better job management. Running your Interactive Jobs through Batch Start interactive shell on a compute node to debug your code or run resource-intensive interactive programs. Running MPI jobs in an Interactive Session Learn how…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1692,"featured_media":0,"parent":137909,"menu_order":5,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-full-width.php","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1692"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=137962"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":161060,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137962\/revisions\/161060"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/137909"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bu.edu\/tech\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=137962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}