Add a note to 5 Minute Limit of commands executed on Taurus
This was difficult to debug and we only found out through servicedesk.
There is a time limit set for commands issued directly on Taurus user shell of 5 Minutes.
Any command that runs longer will end with:
CPU time limit exceeded
..even if there is not CPU time limit exceeded.
This has hit me while creating a conda environment.
conda env create \
--prefix /projects/p_lv_xxx/sample_env \
--file ~/workshop.git/environment_sample.yml \
--quiet
> Collecting package metadata (repodata.json): ...working... done
> Solving environment: ...working... CPU time limit exceeded
Even solving simple conda environments often takes longer than 5 Minutes.
Instead, create an interactive shell:
srun --account=p_lv_xxx--pty --ntasks=1 \
--cpus-per-task=4 --time=1:00:00 \
--mem-per-cpu=1700 bash -l
conda env create \
--prefix /projects/p_lv_xxx/sample_env \
--file ~/workshop.git/environment_sample.yml \
--quiet
> Successful...
Perhaps a note could be added to the sections where long running commands are suggested, e.g. Python environments section.