By long-running jobs we mean all remote jobs that run without an interactive console connection and calculate something over a longer period of time, such as simulations for scientific papers.

Please contact us if you would like to run such jobs.

In general, the following options are available:

• Parallel use of the pool computers
• Reservation of individual pool computers
• Provision of a dedicated virtual machine

If your computing requirements cannot be covered by these options, we recommend that you contact the PC². General information about the PC² can be found at

• https://pc2.uni-paderborn.de/hpc-services/available-systems/available-hpc-systems
• https://uni-paderborn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PC2DOK/overview

Information on applying for cluster resources and registering for them can be found here:

• https://pc2.uni-paderborn.de/hpc-services/our-services/system-access-application
• https://uni-paderborn.atlassian.net/wiki/spaces/PC2DOK/pages/12944205/Access+and+Login

Use of the pool computers for long running processes

We tolerate the use of our public pool computers for smaller long running processes, provided that local operations, in particular exercises, are not affected.

However, please note the following points:

• You should inform us briefly about your use if your jobs are running for several hours.
• We give no guarantee that your jobs will run smoothly. For example, local users could shut down the computer.
• In particular, we reserve the right to terminate your jobs at any time and without prior warning.
• Computers can be switched on via Wake-on-Lan using the list of pool computers
• Your Kerberos ticket expires 10 hours after login. However, you can renew it for up to 7 days with the command kinit -R.