SLURM
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 of commands
The following table shows the most important commands in slurm compared to the commands of the grid engine.
| SGE | Slurm | Description |
|---|---|---|
| qstat | squeue | Show running jobs |
| qsub | sbatch | Submit a batch job |
| qlogin | qrun | Run interactive commands |
| qdel | scancel | Delete a batch job |
| qhost | sinfo | Get info about nodes |
Links
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