Editing FAQ

== FAQ on Babel Resource Allocation and Best Practices ==
==='''Q: How are jobs prioritized by the scheduler?'''===
Generally, all users have equally priority. Though the debug, general, and long partitions do not have user or group-specific priority, each partition is ranked in priority from high to low. User fairshare is factored into scheduling. In some cases, some users may have higher-priority access; for example, research groups who have donated nodes may request dedicated partitions for priority access to (a subset of) those nodes or may request a dedicated node reserved exclusively for their research group.

=== '''Q: Do you have advice for long-running jobs?''' ===
# Make sure your code saves checkpoints frequently so that it can recover from being preempted.
# Post on the <code>#babel-babble</code> Slack channel first to alert other users.
# Consider running on the `long` partition. 

=== '''Q: What should I do if I notice another user's jobs/files are disrupting usage of the cluster for others?''' ===
Please message the <code>babble-babel</code> channel, tagging the user with the problematic job as well as <code>@help-babel</code>. Remember to '''communicate with respect'''; most errors are honest mistakes.

=== '''Q: What should I do if a model requires more compute resources?``` ===
Try to allocate more GPUs when you start the Shell session on the assigned compute node.

=== '''Q: What does it mean if I get an error message saying 'Unable to contact Slurm controller'?''' ===
Something has gone horribly wrong. Contact the system administrators to resolve this problem.

=== '''Q: How does this relate to front-end and back-end development?''' ===
Deploy both front-end and back-end server on the same compute node to avoid port forwarding issues

=== '''Q: I have other questions which aren't answered here.''' ===

Reach out on the <code>babble-babel</code> Slack channel, tagging in <code>@help-babel</code>. If you discover an answer which may be useful to others, please feel free to add to this FAQ.