Interactive Sessions

Warning

Please DO NOT run code on the login node! The login node is a shared resource. Resource-intensive processes on the login node degrade performance for everyone, so we run a service that will kill processes if they use too much memory or CPU.

If you need an environment to test code or job submissions, there are three commands available: dev-session, gpu-session, and debug-session. Running either of the two former commands will put you into a 4-hour long session on a CPU (dev-session) or GPU (gpu-session) node, while running the latter (debug-session) will place you into a half-hour long session on a CPU node. While in a session, you can freely run jobs directly from the command line (without using Slurm) in order to test and optimize them.

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If you are waiting in the queue for an interactive session, please consider using https://borah-ondemand.boisestate.edu as an alternative to an interactive session. More info about Borah-OnDemand