AWS PCS resolves Licenses length issue
Good news: The 1024-character limit in the AWS PCS custom slurm configuration parameter that enables license-aware job scheduling was recognized by AWS as a “bug” and recently resolved. The new character limit is 2048. TL;DR AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) previously capped every slurmCustomSettings.parameterValue at 1,024 characters. The limit applied uniformly through Terraform, the AWS […]
Schrödinger 2026-1 and broken jsc certs
Note: This post is pure google bait designed to help others who run into the same problem. We hope it helps! 16-April-2026: Correction – Schrödinger has documented this issue and a workaround at https://my.schrodinger.com/support/article/629509 You upgraded jobserverd, your functionality tests ran clean on the Slurm side, and a few hours later your scientists started complaining. […]
License-Aware Cloud HPC: Accelerating Discovery with Schrödinger, Cresset, and Posit
Summary Computational chemistry software licenses are among the most expensive line items in a drug discovery budget. When those licenses run on cloud HPC, poor integration creates problems: idle licenses burn money, contention between researchers stalls work, and GPU-heavy notebook sessions run around the clock even when no one is using them. It’s not just […]