National Center for Computational Sciences

Queues are used by the batch scheduler to aid in the organization of jobs. Users may have access to multiple queues, and each queue may allow different job limits and have different priorities.

The following queue exist on smoky:

1. Batch queue

   • The batch queue is the standard default queue for development work.

   • All smoky users have access to the batch queue.

   • Use

     • The batch queue should be used for all development runs.

     • Queue specification is not required to run in the development queue.

   • Limits

     • The maximum wall-time limit is 2 hours.

     • Users are not limited to a certain number of jobs at a time in the development queue.

     • There is not a maximum processor limit.

     • If your jobs require resources outside these limits, please complete the relevant request form on the special requests page.