Re: [slurm-users] schedule mixed nodes first

2021-05-17 Thread Bjørn-Helge Mevik
Durai Arasan writes: > Is there a way of improving this situation? E.g. by not blocking IDLE nodes > with jobs that only use a fraction of the 8 GPUs? Why are single GPU jobs > not scheduled to fill already MIXED nodes before using IDLE ones? > > What parameters/configuration need to be adjusted

[slurm-users] schedule mixed nodes first

2021-05-14 Thread Durai Arasan
Hi, Frequently all of our GPU nodes (8xGPU each) are in MIXED state and there is no IDLE node. Some jobs require a complete node (all 8 GPUs) and such jobs therefore have to wait really long before they can run. Is there a way of improving this situation? E.g. by not blocking IDLE nodes with