Check Quota and Usage
Two Types of Resources
Every project on NSCC's systems is allocated both compute and storage resources. Regular monitoring and prudent use of these resources are essential for both planning your research and ensuring fair use for the entire user community.
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Compute: Service Unit (SU) is the "currency" that lets you run jobs on NSCC's systems. Each SU represents a portion of the compute resources allocated to your project. Monitoring SU usage is important for planning your research and ensuring you can complete your project on time.
The table below shows how compute resources allocated during a project award are converted into SU.
Resource SU Rate ASPIRE 2A CPU 1 SU per CPU core-hour ASPIRE 2A GPU 64 SU per GPU card-hour (no charge for CPU usage) ASPIRE 2A+ GPU 128 SU per GPU card-hour (no charge for CPU usage) -
Storage: Keep an eye on your storage usage to avoid disruptions. If your allocated storage quota is used up, you won't be able to add new files or run new jobs, which may interrupt your workflow.
Check Compute Usage
myusage (Available on ASPIRE 2A Only)
You can monitor your compute usage with the myusage command. This utility provides a quick overview of your CPU and GPU utilisation, as well as the number of jobs you've run.
The command provides usage statistics for three periods: the past 7 days, the past 30 days, and your overall usage.
You can use the command in two ways:
myusage
myusage -p <project-id>
Example output:
$ myusage
Your usage as of ***
+---------------------+----------+------------------+---------------------+
| Time Range | Resource | Num of Jobs | Core/Card Hours |
+---------------------+----------+------------------+---------------------+
| Past 7 days | CPU | 1 | 1.600 |
| | GPU | 1 | 0.100 |
+---------------------+----------+------------------+---------------------+
| Past 30 days | CPU | 46 | 614.022 |
| | GPU | 27 | 113.814 |
+---------------------+----------+------------------+---------------------+
| Overall | CPU | 1568 | 159257.133 |
| | GPU | 580 | 1472.470 |
+=========================================================================+
myprojects
Use the myprojects command to quickly view the status of all projects you are a member of. It provides essential details, including remaining compute resources, project members, expiry dates, and a summary of utilized resources.
The command can be used in two ways:
myprojects
myprojects -p <project-id>
Example output:
$ myprojects
Project : ***
ExpDate : ***
Organis : ***
P.Inves : ***
Appl.Id : ***
Members : ***
P.Title : ***
Project *** balance as of ***
+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| Unit | Grant | Used | Balance | In Doubt |
+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
| SU | 6952000.000 | 6718523.675 | 135172.325 | 98304.000 |
+--------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+---------------------+
In doubt - SU deducted for current running jobs (Prepaid)
Project *** SU Usage breakdown
+---------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| Unit | Usage | SU Rate | SU Used |
+---------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
| CPU Hour | 6712191.600 | 1 | 6712191.600 |
| GPU Hour | 98.938 | 64 | 6332.075 |
+---------------+-----------------+-----------------+-----------------+
Check Storage Usage
Use the myquota command to check the storage usage of your personal allocation and the projects you are a member of.
$ myquota
+------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| Block Limit | Inode Limit |
| Filesystem Type Usage Quota | Usage Quota |
+------------------------------------------------------+-------------------------+
| asp2a-home GPFS-FILESET 43.97G 50.00G | 442282 0 |
| scratch LUSTRE 1007G 100T | 1239295 200000000 |
+======================================================+=========================+
$ myquota -p <project-id>
################################################################################################
## - This section provide info on total project usage based on the last reporting date. ##
## - The enforcement of project usage quota is based on the usage on the last reporting date. ##
## - The estimated update time for this reporting are as follows: ##
## -- Project with less than 1mil inodes - daily ##
## -- Project with less than 10mil inodes - 1-3 days ##
## -- Project with more than 10mil inodes - 3-7 days ##
################################################################################################
Project <project-id>:
--------Detailed storage usage report for project <project-id>--------
Time of reporting: ***
Project Quota: 3221225472000 bytes (2.93 TiB)
Total Project Size: 2599922630950 bytes (2.36 TiB)
Total Inode used: 646725
Storage Utilization: 80.00%
Usage Breakdown:
Est. GPFS Usage - 2175479706112 bytes (1.98 TiB)
Est. DMF Usage - 424442924838 bytes (395.29 GiB)
Inode Breakdown:
Directory count - 42097
Reg. File count - 603678
Link count - 950
Hardlink count - 4
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Notes/Legend:
- GPFS usage - online project data reside in GPFS storage [use du -hs for GPFS usage, DON'T run on login nodes]
- DMF usage - offline project data reside in DMF storage [use du -hs --apparent-size for DMF+GPFS usage]
- ASP2A storage operation: Most old data are taken offline from the GPFS and move to the DMF.
User will still be able to access the offline data as usual.
- Please contact help@nscc.sg for any further assistance.
################################################################################################
## - This section provide real-time info on GPFS filesystem usage - online data ##
################################################################################################
Time of reporting: ***
+--------------+----------------------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+
| Project | Directory | Filesystem | Block Usage | Inode Usage |
+--------------+----------------------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+
| <project-id> | /home/project/<project_id> | asp2a-data | 1.98T | 646725 |
+--------------+----------------------------+-----------------+-------------+-------------+
Cheatsheet
myusage
myusage -p <project-id>
myquota
myquota -p <project-id>
myprojects
myprojects -p <project-id> -l -s 2025-01-01 -e 2025-12-31