SLURM

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SLURM is the Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management and is an open source, fault-tolerant, and highly scalable cluster management and job scheduling system for large and small Linux clusters.

SLURM vs. SGE

This chapter compares the new batch system SLURM with the old SGE.

Partitions

Slurm has a slightly different view on the cluster. Nodes of a cluster are organized in partitions. To submit a job you have the choose one partition where to run the job.

Comparison with SUN Grid Engine

The following table shows the most important commands in slurm compared to the commands of the grid engine.

Comparison of SGE and Slurm
SGE Slurm Description
qstat squeue Show running jobs
qsub sbatch Submit a batch job
qdel scancel Delete a batch job
qhost sinfo Get info about nodes

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