Changes between Initial Version and Version 1 of News/Policies

Timestamp:

Dec 14, 2006, 6:06:06 PM (19 years ago)

Author:

anonymous

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News/Policies

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+= New grid reservation policies =
+
+Effective immediately, we'll be using the following policies to try to ensure that access 
+to the grid and
+sandboxes is allocated fairly and efficiently.  Also, these policies
+should make planning out your time on ORBIT more reliable.
+
+ 1) Users are expected to use ORBIT with goodwill toward other members of
+the ORBIT community.  There are obvious ways to game these policies in
+order to obtain a great deal of time on the grid at the expense of other
+users.  Please don't.
+
+ 2) ORBIT users should use the sandboxes for developing and testing their
+experiments as much as possible.  Please do not use the grid until you
+have seen good results from testing your experiment on a sandbox.
+
+ 3) You are limited to four hours a day of pre-approved time on the main
+grid.
+
+ 4) Scheduling requests received before noon will be approved for the
+following day at some point between noon and 2 in the afternoon.  For
+example, if it is Tuesday morning before noon, and you ask for 4 to 6 in
+the evening Wednesday, you will know for sure whether you have this time
+by 2 in the afternoon on Tuesday.
+
+ 5) Conflicts will be resolved based on how much time you've already used
+over the last two weeks.  Those who have used less time will be more
+likely to have their requests approved.
+
+ 6) It will still be possible to request time on the grid with less than
+12 hours notice.  This will be done using the informal system we have in
+place now; if nobody else asks for a time slot you have requested,
+you're automatically approved at the moment your time slot starts.
+WINLAB staff will do their best to resolve conflicts in such scheduling,
+but please do not base your plans on having such time available in
+quantity.
+
+Orbit Team