The Unix Time Sharing service provides managed Unix systems accessible to University members for such purposes as running specialist software or remote access.
The Unix Time Sharing service is available to all members of the University.
24 x 7 x 365
System maintenance will usually be scheduled for ISS’s normal maintenance period, which is Tuesdays 06:00-09:00.
The time share service provides a relatively small about of compute resource which is shared between all users. It should not be expected to provide significant HPC resource.
Application packages installed on the service will generally only be updated when requested. Such requests should be made through the IT Service Desk.
Documentation is available at: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/itservice/unix-time-sharing/.
Additional support is available via the ISS Service Desk on 5999 or it.servicedesk@ncl.ac.uk.
All incidents relating to both aspects of this service will be handled according to the ISS Incident Management and Major Incident Management processes.
Members of the University can request a UNIX account through the ISS IT Service Desk.
It is the user’s responsibility to ensure that they follow the ISS rules of use: http://www.ncl.ac.uk/itservice/rules.
Users are asked to “self police” their use of system resources (eg CPU) to provide fair access to all. Systems staff may reprioritise (or even kill) jobs which contravene this request.
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