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Using the SGE Batch System

Submitting Jobs

SGE (Sun Grid Engine) is the batch system used at PDSF. Read More »

Scratch Space Use on Compute Nodes

Use $TMPDIR and not /scratch or /tmp directly. Read More »

I/O Resources

I/O resources are in important tool at PDSF and this page describes how to use them. Read More »

Running Interactive Batch Jobs

This page describes when you should consider working in an interactive batch session and how to do it. Read More »

Monitoring and Managing Jobs

This page is about what you can do with your jobs after you have submitted them. Read More »

Getting Info about Completed Jobs

SGE accounting information about all jobs is available and this paged describes how to access it. Read More »

Batch Job Example

This example shows simple batch script, how to submit it, monitor it, and look at the SGE accounting information after it finishes. Read More »

Using SGE Job Arrays

Using job arrays helps reduce the load on SGE. This page has some examples on how to use them. Read More »