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Allocations from the 2019 Resource Allocation Competition come into effect on 2019 April 4.   
Allocations from the 2019 Resource Allocation Competition come into effect on 2019 April 4.   
Here are some notes on how we expect the transition from 2018 to 2019 allocations to go.
Here are some notes on how we expect the transition from 2018 to 2019 allocations to go.


=== Storage ===
=== Storage === <!--T:2-->
* There will be 30 days of overlap between 2018 and 2019 storage allocations, starting on 2019 April 4.
* There will be 30 days of overlap between 2018 and 2019 storage allocations, starting on 2019 April 4.
* On a given system the largest of the two quotas (2018, 2019) will be adopted during the transition period.
* On a given system the largest of the two quotas (2018, 2019) will be adopted during the transition period.
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* Reasonable requests for extension of the overlap period will be honored, but such an extension may be impossible or severely constrained if the original cluster is being defunded.
* Reasonable requests for extension of the overlap period will be honored, but such an extension may be impossible or severely constrained if the original cluster is being defunded.


=== Job scheduling ===
=== Job scheduling === <!--T:3-->
* The scheduler team is planning to archive and compact the Slurm database on April 3 before implementing the new allocations on April 4. We hope to schedule the archive and compaction during off-peak hours. During this time the database may be unresponsive. Specifically, <tt>sacct</tt> and <tt>sacctmgr</tt> may be unresponsive.
* The scheduler team is planning to archive and compact the Slurm database on April 3 before implementing the new allocations on April 4. We hope to schedule the archive and compaction during off-peak hours. During this time the database may be unresponsive. Specifically, <tt>sacct</tt> and <tt>sacctmgr</tt> may be unresponsive.
* We expect to begin replacing 2018 allocations with 2019 allocations on April 4.  
* We expect to begin replacing 2018 allocations with 2019 allocations on April 4.  
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