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Slurm is an open-source workload manager designed for *nux clusters of all
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sizes. It provides three key functions. First it allocates exclusive and/or
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non-exclusive access to resources (computer nodes) to users for some duration of
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time so they can perform work. Second, it provides a framework for starting,
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executing, and monitoring work (typically a parallel job) on a set of allocated
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nodes. Finally, it arbitrates contention for resources by managing a queue of
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pending work.
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WWW: http://slurm.schedmd.com/
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