- By:
- Wilkinson, Sean R; Maheshwari, Ketan C; Ferreira Da Silva, Rafael
- Page Number:
- 516-529
- Volume:
- 13350
- Book Title:
- ICCS 2022: Computational Science – ICCS 2022
- Publication Date:
- November 9, 2023
- Publisher Location:
- Springer, Cham, Switzerland
- Conference Name:
- The International Conference on Computational Science (ICCS)
- Conference Location:
- London, United Kingdom
- Conference Sponsor:
- Springer
- View DOI Listing:
- https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-08751-6_37
Abstract
We observe and analyze usage of the login nodes of the leadership class Summit supercomputer from the perspective of an ordinary user—not a system administrator—by periodically sampling user activities (job queues, running processes, etc.) for two full years (2020–2021). Our findings unveil key usage patterns that evidence misuse of the system, including gaming the policies, impairing I/O performance, and using login nodes as a sole computing resource. Our analysis highlights observed patterns for the execution of complex computations (workflows), which are key for processing large-scale applications.
