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The form below should be used to request exceptions to current OLCF resource policies. Please contact the OLCF User Assistance Center with questions or comments.

Type of Request*
- Relaxed Queue Limit - request deviations from the standard batch queue policy. Typical requests would be for increased priority for one (or several) jobs or an increased wall-time limit.
- System Reservation - request dedicated access to some or all of the machine.
- Disk Quota Increase Request Form - request an increased disk quota (user or project areas).
- Purge Exemption Request Form - request temporary relief from the scratch disk purge.
If granted, no other users/projects will be running on the processors that have been reserved. Please note that if granted, your project will be charged for the entire dedicated time and not just the time used by your jobs. Thus, a reservation for 100 nodes on Titan for 48 hours will result in a charge of 144,000 core-hours (100 nodes × 30 "cores" per node x 48 hours). A reservation differs from increased priority requests and increased wall-time requests in that those requests must still wait in the batch queue. A reservation sets aside a set of processors for a user (or group of users) with a definite start and end time. Additionally, the reservation differs from traditional batch jobs in the way it is charged against an allocation (which is described in the previous paragraph).

User ID*
Email*
Name*
Project ID (e.g. ABC123)*
Principal Investigator*
Systems*
- Summit (IBM AC922)
- Titan (Cray XK7)
- Rhea
- Eos
- HPSS
- Other
Other*
Directory*
Current Amount of data stored in this directory*
Requested length of time between purges*
Current Limit*
Estimated amount of data that will be stored in this directory*
How long do you require this exception?*
Describe why you require an exemption.*
Describe the steps that you have taken to run within the defaults*
Describe how you are currently using HPSS, your work (scratch) space, and your home directory.*
Describe the type of data (job input/output, binaries, source code) that will be stored.*
What is the approximate amount of storage required by a single job?*
Describe why you are unable to use HPSS to store and retrieve data.*
Requested date and time to start reservation*
(e.g. 2011-12-01 8:00 AM)
Requested date and time to end reservation*
(e.g. 2011-12-01 8:00 AM)
Number of processors to be reserved (or 'all' for entire system)*
Do you understand and agree that your project will be charged based on the requested number of processors for the entire reserved period, regardless of the number and size of jobs that are actually run?*
- Yes, I understand.
Please list any other special requirements for this reservation.*
Who should be contacted if any problems develop during the reservation (please include email and phone number)?*
Type of request*
Other, please describe.*
Total number of jobs to be run with relaxed limits*
Walltime required per job*
Number of processors required per job*
How long do you require these relaxed limits?*
Describe why you are unable to run within queue's default limits.*
Include any steps taken to run within the default limits. If you have attempted to run your jobs with the default limits, please give information for these jobs (JobID, Queue Wait Time, Walltime, etc.)
If you currently have jobs in the quere that require relaxed limits, please list them here.*
Does your code have the ability to create restart files?*
Describe your code including its name and whether you have access to the source.*

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