Reserving a Cluster (for teaching, other)
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:
- To reserve a Computing Services' public cluster, visit the Cluster Reservation page and complete the appropriate request.
- 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
Note to Faculty Members: Once your reservation has been confirmed by Clusters Services, we encourage you to enter your cluster reservation on the SIS screen. Our team continues to work together and partner efforts towards a single point of service for all our cluster users. Thank you again for your participation.
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 in the Cluster Reservations System and outside of each cluster.
- Reservations become void if the professor does not show up within fifteen minutes after the scheduled reservation.
