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Too much over or under your projected usage can be problematic, leading to overusing or underusing our allocation.

There are several ways you can determine

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projected usage:

Method 1: Under the $CASEROOT/timing folder in a CESM simulation setup after running a test of the model (e.g., a 5-day simulation), you can find entries for Model Cost and Model Throughput. From those numbers you can estimate the CPU hours necessary for your simulation requirements and then break it up into reasonable weekly requests.

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