[slurm-dev] Re: job with different resources

[Danny Marc Rotscher]

Hello Pär,

thank you for your reply.

Kind regards,
Danny Rotscher


> Am 12.10.2016 um 17:34 schrieb Pär Lindfors :
> 
> 
> Hi Danny,
> 
> On 10/12/2016 08:51 AM, Danny Marc Rotscher wrote:
>> one of our user want to run a job with many nodes, which need different 
>> resources.
>> 1 - 2: je 2 CPUs, 30 GB RAM
>> 3 - 4: je 24 CPUs, 64GB RAM
>> 5 -10: je 8 CPUs, 40GB RAM
>> It is possible to start such a job without wasting resources, because the 
>> most of our nodes have 24 CPUs and 64GB RAM.
>> It is also possible to start different jobs, for every resource group one 
>> for example, but they have to start at the same time.
>> Could anybody solve this request?
> 
> Unfortunately I don't think this is possible with current versions of Slurm.
> 
> You need the 'Job Packs' feature that is planned for Slurm 17.02. Check
> out the presentation from the recent user group meeting here:
> http://slurm.schedmd.com/SLUG16/Job_Packs_SUG_2016.pdf
> 
> Kind regards,
> Pär Lindfors, NSC



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[slurm-dev] Re: job with different resources

[Pär Lindfors]

Hi Danny,

On 10/12/2016 08:51 AM, Danny Marc Rotscher wrote:
> one of our user want to run a job with many nodes, which need different 
> resources.
> 1 - 2: je 2 CPUs, 30 GB RAM
> 3 - 4: je 24 CPUs, 64GB RAM
> 5 -10: je 8 CPUs, 40GB RAM
> It is possible to start such a job without wasting resources, because the 
> most of our nodes have 24 CPUs and 64GB RAM.
> It is also possible to start different jobs, for every resource group one for 
> example, but they have to start at the same time.
> Could anybody solve this request?

Unfortunately I don't think this is possible with current versions of Slurm.

You need the 'Job Packs' feature that is planned for Slurm 17.02. Check
out the presentation from the recent user group meeting here:
http://slurm.schedmd.com/SLUG16/Job_Packs_SUG_2016.pdf

Kind regards,
Pär Lindfors, NSC