Login nodes policy
- Alexis Espinosa
- Boney Davis
- Kevin Buckley
Many users share the login nodes at the same time. Therefore, operations that generate heavy loads on login nodes must be avoided.
Follow these tips to use the login nodes correctly and effectively:
Do not transfer, copy or delete large amounts of files or data through the login nodes.
Do not run programs or build/compile tools on login nodes if these operations would take more than a few minutes.
Instead, perform heavy workloads on the compute nodes.
Perform I/O-intensive operations through the data mover system (data-mover.pawsey.org.au), whose nodes are explicitly devoted to that, or else submit them to the copy partition, which uses the data mover nodes.
When using Visual Studio Code, restrict to the recommended best practices, as this tool may cause severe problems to the login nodes.
If your use of the login nodes could adversely affect the service to other users, it may be dealt with under the Conditions of Use.