Resource Requests: CPUs, Memory, GPUs

Resource Requests: CPUs, Memory, and GPUsCorrect resource requests help your jobs start sooner and keep the cluster fair for everyone.CPU Request Scen…

MPI and Multi-node Jobs

MPI and Multi-node JobsMPI jobs are different from ordinary threaded jobs. For MPI, you usually scale with --ntasks, and sometimes also with --nodes o…

Job Arrays

Job ArraysJob arrays are the best way to submit many similar jobs that differ only by an index, input file, parameter, or sample. Slurm arrays are bui…

FairShare and Priority

FairShare and PrioritySlurm uses a fairshare system to balance cluster usage across labs and users over time.What FairShare DoesIn simple terms, labs …

SLURM Preemption

Slurm PreemptionPreemption allows Slurm to reclaim compute resources from lower-priority jobs so higher-priority jobs can run. This is used on SCU clu…