Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of News/Policies


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Dec 14, 2006, 6:06:06 PM (18 years ago)
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     1= New grid reservation policies =
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     3Effective immediately, we'll be using the following policies to try to ensure that access
     4to the grid and
     5sandboxes is allocated fairly and efficiently.  Also, these policies
     6should make planning out your time on ORBIT more reliable.
     7
     8 1) Users are expected to use ORBIT with goodwill toward other members of
     9the ORBIT community.  There are obvious ways to game these policies in
     10order to obtain a great deal of time on the grid at the expense of other
     11users.  Please don't.
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     13 2) ORBIT users should use the sandboxes for developing and testing their
     14experiments as much as possible.  Please do not use the grid until you
     15have seen good results from testing your experiment on a sandbox.
     16
     17 3) You are limited to four hours a day of pre-approved time on the main
     18grid.
     19
     20 4) Scheduling requests received before noon will be approved for the
     21following day at some point between noon and 2 in the afternoon.  For
     22example, if it is Tuesday morning before noon, and you ask for 4 to 6 in
     23the evening Wednesday, you will know for sure whether you have this time
     24by 2 in the afternoon on Tuesday.
     25
     26 5) Conflicts will be resolved based on how much time you've already used
     27over the last two weeks.  Those who have used less time will be more
     28likely to have their requests approved.
     29
     30 6) It will still be possible to request time on the grid with less than
     3112 hours notice.  This will be done using the informal system we have in
     32place now; if nobody else asks for a time slot you have requested,
     33you're automatically approved at the moment your time slot starts.
     34WINLAB staff will do their best to resolve conflicts in such scheduling,
     35but please do not base your plans on having such time available in
     36quantity.
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     38Orbit Team