Allocation Type

There are two types of allocation ceilings as specified by a Principal Investigator: User and Group.

User Allocation

In the User allocation, the PI may assign SUs to individual members of their research group. To do so, or move SUs from one member to another, please contact help@msi.umn.edu.

Group Allocation

In the Group allocation, SUs for the entire group are pooled together -- when one person runs out, the entire group runs out. This is the default setting.

More about acctinfo

Report Formats

Along with SU usage acctinfo will report the percentage of usage remaining, days remaining in the allocation period and the percentage of days remaining in the allocation period.

Your group's fairshare targets and fairshare usage are also reported. For more info see: www.msi.umn.edu/user_support/fairshare.html.

Examples

User Allocation (Run by those with permission to see the entire group's usage)

When a User Allocation is set up, the acctinfo command will show the allocation for the group and the amount of the allocation remaining, followed by the user allocation, amount used and amount remaining for each user in the group.

 Accounting summary for the period from Jan 1, 2004 through Apr 15, 2004.
  
 Info for group caesar:
 Data reflects jobs ending before 14 Apr 2004.
 All units are in SUs

 GROUP    ALLOCATION    REMAINING   TYPE
 -------- ---------- ------------
 caesar         2500      1521.89   user ceiling
 -------- ---------- ------------

 The group caesar has 61% of its allocation remaining.
 58 days remain in the allocation period, which is 32% of the
 allocation period.


 USER     USER ALLOC     USED SP  USED ALTIX     USED NF    USED REG   REMAINING
 -------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
 julius       500.00        0.02        0.00        0.00        0.00      499.98
 petrovi     2000.00      894.26        0.00        0.00       83.83     1021.91
 -------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
 TOTALS      2500.00      894.28        0.00        0.00       83.83     1521.89

 Your group's fairshare target is 2.24%.
 Your group's fairshare usage on this particular system is 3.89%. 
 Fairshare is used in the calculation of job priority.
 If you have exceeded your fairshare target, your jobs will have a lower priority.
 For more info see
     www.msi.umn.edu/user_support/fairshare.html

User Allocation (Run by those who can only view their own usage)

When a User Allocation is set up, the acctinfo command will show the allocation for the group and the amount of the allocation remaining, followed by the user allocation, amount used and amount remaining for each user in the group.

  Accounting summary for the period from Jan 1, 2004 through Apr 15, 2004.
  
  Info for user petrovi:
  Data reflects jobs ending before 14 Apr 2004.
  All units are in SUs
  
  PROJECT    ALLOCATION    REMAINING   TYPE
  -------- ---------- ------------
  caesar         2500      1521.89   user ceiling
  -------- ---------- ------------
  
  The group caesar has 61% of its allocation remaining.
  58 days remain in the allocation period, which is 32% of the
  allocation period.
  
  
  USER     USER ALLOC     USED SP  USED ALTIX     USED NF    USED REG   REMAINING
  -------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  petrovi     2000.00      894.26        0.00        0.00       83.83     1021.91
  -------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  
  Your group's fairshare target is 2.24%.
  Your group's fairshare usage on this particular system is 3.89%. 
  Fairshare is used in the calculation of job priority.
  If you have exceeded your fairshare target, your jobs will have a lower priority.
  For more info see
      www.msi.umn.edu/user_support/fairshare.html
  
  

Group Allocation (Run by those who have permission to see the entire group's usage)

When a Group Allocation is set up, the acctinfo command will show the allocation for the group, the amount remaining for the group, and the number of SUs used by the individual user.

  Accounting summary for the period from Jan 1, 2004 through Apr 15, 2004.
  
  Info for group caesar:
  Data reflects jobs ending before 14 Apr 2004.
  All units are in SUs
  
  PROJECT    ALLOCATION    REMAINING   TYPE
  -------- ---------- ------------
  caesar         2500      1521.89   user ceiling
  -------- ---------- ------------
  
  The group caesar has 61% of its allocation remaining.
  58 days remain in the allocation period, which is 32% of the
  allocation period.
  
  
  USER     USER ALLOC     USED SP  USED ALTIX     USED NF    USED REG   REMAINING
  -------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  julius       500.00        0.02        0.00        0.00        0.00      499.98
  petrovi     2000.00      894.26        0.00        0.00       83.83     1021.91
  -------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  TOTALS      2500.00      894.28        0.00        0.00       83.83     1521.89
  
  Your group's fairshare target is 2.24%.
  Your group's fairshare usage on this particular system is 3.89%. 
  Fairshare is used in the calculation of job priority.
  If you have exceeded your fairshare target, your jobs will have a lower priority.
  For more info see
      www.msi.umn.edu/user_support/fairshare.html
  
  




Group Allocation (Run by those who can only view their own usage)

When a Group Allocation is set up, the acctinfo command will show the allocation for the group, the amount remaining for the group, and the number of SUs used by the individual user.

  Accounting summary for the period from Jan 1, 2004 through Apr 15, 2004.
  
  Info for group caesar:
  Data reflects jobs ending before 14 Apr 2004.
  All units are in SUs
  
  PROJECT    ALLOCATION    REMAINING   TYPE
  -------- ---------- --------------
  caesar         3500      181.18      group ceiling
  -------- ---------- --------------
  
  The group caesar has 61% of its allocation remaining.
  58 days remain in the allocation period, which is 32% of the
  allocation period.
  
  
  USER                    USED SP  USED ALTIX     USED NF    USED REG
  -------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  julius                     0.00       25.38        0.00        0.00
  augustus                 762.17      817.36        0.00        0.00
  peterovi                   0.00       29.20        0.00     1440.41
  george                     0.01      244.28        0.00        0.00
  -------- ---------- ----------- ----------- ----------- -----------
  TOTAL                    762.18      1116.22       0.00     1440.41
  
  Your group's fairshare target is 2.24%.
  Your group's fairshare usage on this particular system is 3.89%. 
  Fairshare is used in the calculation of job priority.
  If you have exceeded your fairshare target, your jobs will have a lower priority.
  For more info see
      www.msi.umn.edu/user_support/fairshare.html
  
  

Command Line Options