If you’re trying to run a webapp or other kind of server process on the SSH
login server (ssh.ocf.berkeley.edu), please note that the SSH login server is
firewalled and what you’re trying to do unfortunately won’t work. If you’re a
group and you’re trying to run a webapp, you may want to consider
apphosting instead.
In particular, if you are going to run a batch job which may require a lot of
computing power, you are advised to run it under nice and/or ionice to
lower its CPU priority and I/O priority respectively. OCF staff reserve the
right to terminate or otherwise decrease the resource usage of processes which
are consuming too many resources.
You are welcome to run unattended processes on the OCF. However, you are ultimately responsible for ensuring that your unattended processes do not unduly interfere with others’ ability to use the shared computing resources.
Many OCF staffers have found the skills and experience they gained from being OCF staff have been useful after leaving us. While we obviously can't claim credit for everyone or being the sole source of experience for people, we'd like to think everyone who has donated time to help us has gained something in return, whether it be skills, experience, new friends, or just the satisfaction of making a difference helping your fellow students.
Some of the places OCF staffers have gone on to work at:
(Many of the above are places people have taken full-time jobs at. Some however, were co-ops or assignments done as a contractor for an agency such as Taos or MindSource.)
Other groups that OCF members have joined and helped using the skills they gained as OCF staff: