OverviewThe scrontab command in Slurm allows users to schedule recurring batch jobs, similar to the traditional cron utility. This tool enables the automation of tasks at specified intervals, leveraging Slurm’s workload management capabilities.Notice: ARC does not monitor the state of scrontab jobs. Users are responsible for managing and ensuring the proper execution of their scheduled tasks.
Advanced Research Computing
Slurm is a combined batch scheduler, billing, and resource manager that uses slurm accounts to allow users with a login to the High Performance Computing clusters to run their jobs for a fee. For many researchers this fee is paid for by the University of Michigan Research Computing Package account.
Turbo is a high-capacity, fast, reliable, and secure data storage service available to researchers at the University of Michigan and is part of the University of Michigan Research Computing Package.
Globus is a robust, cloud-based file transfer service designed to move many large files, ranging from 10s of GBs to 10s of TBs. ARC is a Globus Subscription Provider for the U-M community, which allows U-M resources to serve as endpoints or collections for file transfers.