karolina-queues.md



Karolina Queues
Below is the list of queues available on the Karolina cluster:


Queue
Active project
Project resources
Nodes
Min ncpus
Priority
Authorization
Walltime (default/max)


qcpu
yes
> 0
756 nodes
128
0
no
24 / 48h


qcpu_biz
yes
> 0
756 nodes
128
50
no
24 / 48h


qcpu_eurohpc
yes
> 0
756 nodes
128
50
no
24 / 48h


qcpu_exp
yes
none required
756 nodes
max 2 nodes per user
128
150
no
1 / 1h


qcpu_free
yes
< 150% of allocation
756 nodes
max 4 nodes per job
128
-100
no
12 / 12h


qcpu_long
yes
> 0
200 nodes
max 20 nodes per job, only non-accelerated nodes allowed
128
0
no
72 / 144h


qcpu_preempt
yes
> 0
756 nodes
max 4 nodes per job
128
-200
no
12 / 12h


qgpu
yes
> 0
72 nodes
16 cpus
1 gpu
0
yes
24 / 48h


qgpu_biz
yes
> 0
70 nodes
128
50
yes
24 / 48h


qgpu_eurohpc
yes
> 0
70 nodes
128
50
yes
24 / 48h


qgpu_exp
yes
none required
4 nodes
max 1 node per job
16 cpus
1 gpu
0
no
1 / 1h


qgpu_free
yes
< 150% of allocation
46 nodes
max 2 nodes per job
16 cpus
1 gpu
-100
no
12 / 12h


qgpu_preempt
yes
> 0
72 nodes
max 2 nodes per job
16 cpus
1 gpu
-200
no
12 / 12h


qviz
yes
none required
2 nodes (with NVIDIA® Quadro RTX™ 6000)
8
0
no
1 / 8h


qfat
yes
> 0
1 (sdf1)
24
0
yes
24 / 48h


Legacy Queues


qfree
yes
< 150% of allocation
756 nodes
max 4 nodes per job
128
-100
no
12 / 12h


qexp
no
none required
756 nodes
max 2 nodes per job
128
150
no
1 / 1h


qprod
yes
> 0
756 nodes
128
0
no
24 / 48h


qlong
yes
> 0
200 nodes
max 20 nodes per job, only non-accelerated nodes allowed
128
0
no
72 / 144h


qnvidia
yes
> 0
72 nodes
128
0
yes
24 / 48h