The documentation explains to grid users how to use the resources here at Purdue.

To submit jobs to Purdue grid means to submit jobs to cluster Purdue-RCAC or cluster Purdue-Steele through gatekeeper osg.rcac.purdue.edu or lepton.rcac.purdue.edu. In order to do this, grid authentication is needed.

Authentication

The application process is explained here:

Applying for a DOE grid certificate and CMS VO

Renewing a DOE grid certificate and CMS VO  

Importing and exporting a certificate to Browsers

Useful mailing list to get to know downtime notice and ask for help 

To use the data that are stored at dCache.rcac.purdue.edu, you can find the names of all dataset that registered at global DBS and our local DBS in the following links. Our local DBS stores the local production data.

Local Data at Global DBS

Local Data at Local DBS

When you want to submit jobs to our cluster, you must want to know how many job slots are available and how many dCache storages are available.

Job Slots and dCache storage

Job slots information is shown in one of two pie graphs on the upper right side of this page. 

dCache storage space information is shown in the other pie graph. 

Manage Jobs with CRAB

Submitting jobs through CRAB and storing data at dCache

Submitting jobs through CRAB and accessing our local DBS data

 CMS FileMover Service: to get your favorite data via plain download from a web interface

Data Operation

Publishing data using CRAB

Using the CRAB server  

Submitting jobs through Condor-G