[auton-users] Lop2, q1, q3 Reservation

[Jacob Joseph]

Hi all.

In short, I have reserved Lop2, Loq1, and Loq3 for the Condor job 
batching system.  The full explanation follows.

To ease the need for the current reservation system and to more
reasonably balance load at times of high demand, we have been testing
the Condor batch submission system.  We've reached a point where we are
ready to test with a more realistic environment.  The goal at this point 
is to discover any shortcomings in the queuing system and fine tune the 
user experience.

Once the bugs are worked out, we should like to remove direct access to 
many of the cluster machines, leaving only a few machines with 
interactive access for testing and submission.  Any machine would of 
course still be available for reservation on a case-by-case basis. 
Reducing the number of 'front-end' machines should greatly reduce the 
complexity currently present in selecting an available machine while the 
batching system would ensure fair usage.

If you've got 10 minutes to spare and have some jobs to run, I certainly 
am looking for volunteers to help squash out the bugs.  If you've used 
condor before, use lop1 for submission.  Rather than including all of 
the submission details here, I ask that you do send me an email if 
you're interested.

-Jacob