Re: [slurm-users] How to limit # of execution slots for a given node

2022-01-07 Thread Ryan Cox
David, There are several possible answers depending on what you hope to accomplish.  What exactly is the issue that you're trying to solve? Do you mean that you have users who need, say, 8 GB of RAM per core but you only have 4 GB of RAM per core on the system and you want a way to account

Re: [slurm-users] How to limit # of execution slots for a given node

2022-01-07 Thread Paul Edmon
Also I recommend setting: *CoreSpecCount* Number of cores reserved for system use. These cores will not be available for allocation to user jobs. Depending upon the *TaskPluginParam* option of *SlurmdOffSpec*, Slurm daemons (i.e. slurmd and slurmstepd) may either be confined to these

Re: [slurm-users] How to limit # of execution slots for a given node

2022-01-07 Thread Paul Edmon
You can actually spoof the number of cores and RAM on a node by using the config_override option.  I've used that before for testing purposes.  Mind you core binding and other features like that will not work if you start spoofing the number of cores and ram, so use with caution. -Paul Edmon-

Re: [slurm-users] How to limit # of execution slots for a given node

2022-01-06 Thread Rémi Palancher
Le jeudi 6 janvier 2022 à 22:39, David Henkemeyer a écrit : > All, > > When my team used PBS, we had several nodes that had a TON of CPUs, so many, > in fact, that we ended up setting np to a smaller value, in order to not > starve the system of memory. > > What is the best way to do this

Re: [slurm-users] How to limit # of execution slots for a given node

2022-01-06 Thread Ole Holm Nielsen
Hi David, On 1/6/22 22:39, David Henkemeyer wrote: When my team used PBS, we had several nodes that had a TON of CPUs, so many, in fact, that we ended up setting np to a smaller value, in order to not starve the system of memory. What is the best way to do this with Slurm?  I tried modifying

[slurm-users] How to limit # of execution slots for a given node

2022-01-06 Thread David Henkemeyer
All, When my team used PBS, we had several nodes that had a TON of CPUs, so many, in fact, that we ended up setting np to a smaller value, in order to not starve the system of memory. What is the best way to do this with Slurm? I tried modifying # of CPUs in the slurm.conf file, but I noticed