Overview

All user processes must be run as cluster jobs in the cluster job queuing system, slurm.

Slurm provides an easy and transparent way to streamline calculations on the cluster and make cluster use more efficient. Slurm offers several user friendly features:

• It has the ability to run parallel calculations by allocating a set of nodes specifically for that task.
• Users running serial jobs with minimal input/output can start the jobs directly from the commandline without resorting to batch files.
• Slurm has the ability to handle batch jobs as well.
• Slurm allows users to run interactive commandline or X11 jobs.