Changes between Version 17 and Version 18 of UserGuidelines

Timestamp:

Oct 18, 2013 3:22:50 PM (11 years ago)

Author:

sunshine

Comment:

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UserGuidelines

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      * DON'T generate traffic to 192.168.x.x network 
         * DO use addresses of experimental interfaces. These can be from any IPv4 address range, depending on your NS file, but are often from 10.10.x.x address range.
-     * DON'T transfer large (>500 MB) files frequently between your home or project directories and a local directory on your experimental machine. 
-       * If you need to regularly save and read large files that persist between experiment instances  [https://trac.deterlab.net create a ticket] and we will help you use our ZFS storage.
-     * DON'T perform large (> 500 MB) or frequent (< 10 s) reads/writes on your experimental nodes into your home or project directory
-    
-   * DON'T store uncompressed kernel source in your home or project directory
-     * DO use a local directory on an experimental node, such as {{{/tmp}}} or {{{/mnt/local}}}, and transfer the logs to your home directory before you swap out to save them.
- * DON'T store large files in your home or project directory unless you need them in multiple experiment instances. 
+ * DON'T store large files (e.g. uncompressed kernel source) in your home or project directory unless you need them in multiple experiment instances. 
    * DO store these files locally on a node, e.g., in {{{/tmp}}} folder. If you need more disk space you can mount more to {{{/mnt/local}}} by doing
      {{{
@@ -20 +14 @@
 sudo chown $user /mnt/local
 }}}
- * DON'T compile software or kernels in your home directory
+ Transfer the files to your home directory before you swap out to save them.
+  * DON'T transfer large (>500 MB) files frequently between your home or project directories and a local directory on your experimental machine. 
+    * If you need to regularly save and read large files that persist between experiment instances  [https://trac.deterlab.net create a ticket] and we will help you use our ZFS storage.
+   * DON'T perform large (> 500 MB) or frequent (< 10 s) reads/writes on your experimental nodes into your home or project directory
+     * DO perform these reads/writes on your local disk ({{[/tmp}}} or {{{/mnt/local}}})
+* DON'T compile software or kernels in your home directory
  * DON'T compile large files or run CPU intensive jobs on {{{users.deterlab.net}}}. 
    * DO allocate experimental nodes, store files locally and compile/run jobs there.