Dos and Don'ts

A quick checklist of good and bad practices on Anunna. For the detail behind each point, follow the links.

Do

• Do run computation as jobs through the scheduler, and request only the resources you need — see Scheduler Overview (Slurm) and the Fair Use Policy.
• Do keep active data on Lustre, and know what is backed up — see Backup Policy.
• Do keep your own copies of anything you cannot afford to lose, and archive data you are finished with — see Archival Storage.
• Do pin software versions and keep your work reproducible — see Reproducibility Guidelines.
• Do watch your spending — see Reporting Usage and Tariffs.

Don't

• Don't run heavy work, or heavy I/O such as logging, on the login nodes or against your home directory.
• Don't run jobs outside the scheduler.
• Don't over-request resources "to be safe" — it wastes your budget and makes your jobs wait longer in the queue.
• Don't leave large files on /lustre/scratch — it may be purged, and it costs money.
• Don't share your account or credentials — see User Responsibilities.

See also

• User Responsibilities
• Fair Use Policy
• Reproducibility Guidelines