Budget linearization on GALILEO

We would like to inform you that starting on tomorrow, April 1st, the linearization of the budgets on GALILEO will be implemented on a monthly basis.

For each project/account_no, a monthly quota is defined as (total_budget / total_no_of_months). Each month, starting from the first day of the month, the collaborators of that project are allowed to use the quota at full priority; when the quota decreases, the priority of your jobs will gradually decrease as well, until the monthly quota is consumed. In that case, your jobs will still be considered for execution, but with a lower priority than those from accounts that have still some quota left.

This policy is similar to those already applied in our cluster FERMI and by other important HPC centers in Europe and worldwide. The aim is to improve the response time, giving users opportunities related to the actual size (total amount of core-hours) of their projects.

Please note that, in this way, you will be forced into applying a sort of "linearization" of your project budget. Each month a given percentage of your budget should be guaranteed, but non-linear usage is discouraged. If you think that this may cause some problems with your submission schedule, you are encouraged to write to superc@cineca.it to discuss your issue with the User Support staff.

Best regards,

HPC User Support