From 5f18335d14126d2fef134c0cd441771436f7dfa1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Rodrigo Arias Mallo Date: Wed, 4 Feb 2026 10:05:05 +0100 Subject: [PATCH] Update SLURM instructions in fox MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit We no longer need to use srun to enter the allocated machine. Make sure that the default allocation time is also specified. Reviewed-by: Aleix Boné --- content/fox/_index.md | 13 +++++-------- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/fox/_index.md b/content/fox/_index.md index c5ea9ba..1af3980 100644 --- a/content/fox/_index.md +++ b/content/fox/_index.md @@ -22,19 +22,16 @@ the detailed specifications: ## Access To access the machine, request a SLURM session from [apex](/apex) using the `fox` -partition. If you need the machine for performance measurements, use an -exclusive reservation: +partition and set the time for the reservation (the default is 1 hour). If you +need the machine for performance measurements, use an exclusive reservation: - apex% salloc -p fox --exclusive + apex% salloc -p fox -t 02:00:00 --exclusive + fox% Otherwise, specify the CPUs that you need so other users can also use the node at the same time: - apex% salloc -p fox -c 8 - -Then use srun to execute an interactive shell: - - apex% srun --pty $SHELL + apex% salloc -p fox -t 02:00:00 -c 8 fox% Make sure you get all CPUs you expect: