NCCS provides SchedMD’s Slurm resource manager for users to control their scientific computing jobs and workflows on the Discover supercomputer. This video gives instructions on how users can submit jobs to be scheduled, specifying resource requests such as CPU time, memory, as well as other options for optimizing productivity.
Use Slurm commands to request both interactive and batch access to Discover computational resources.
Applications of Slurm
Key Commands
| Command | Application |
|---|---|
| sbatch | submit a batch job script for queueing and execution |
| salloc/xalloc | submit an interactive job request |
| srun | run a command within an existing job, on a subset of allocated resources |
| scancel | cancel a queued or running job |
| squeue | query the status of your job(s) or the job queue |
Slurm Resources
NCCS Quality of Service
Slurm’s Quality of Service (QoS) feature controls resource limits for every job in the Discover job queue.
Additional Documentation
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