Reserving a Cluster or Cluster Software

Most Computing Services public clusters can be reserved by following the appropriate process.

Who Can Reserve

Only Carnegie Mellon affiliates may reserve a cluster. Typically, clusters are reserved for the following purposes:

• Faculty or staff members typically reserve clusters for academic or professional development classes
• Students typically reserve clusters for community service projects

How to Reserve a Cluster

Depending on the cluster you want to reserve, do one of the following:

• Reserve a Computing Services public cluster through the Carnegie Mellon SpaceQuest system powered by 25Live.  For help with using the system, refer to Requesting a Cluster or Cluster Software [PDF].
• To reserve any of the Gates-Hillman clusters (3000, 5201, 5205), send email to ugradlabs@cs.cmu.edu
• To reserve the Music Technology Center in Margaret Morrison Hall, send email to MTC-support@andrew.cmu.edu

Reservation Restrictions

Cluster reservations are subject to the following restrictions:

• Reservation requests must be made by Wednesday of the week before the requested reservation if no software changes are needed; see Cluster Software Guidelines for more information on requesting software.
• Reservations are posted within the Carnegie Mellon SpaceQuest system powered by 25Live and physically posted outside of each cluster.
• Reservations become void if the professor does not show up within fifteen minutes after the scheduled reservation.