diff --git a/doc/html/news.html b/doc/html/news.html index 44cea730797e1561f3945b5b0161d29ae3c66992..6a57165fe9e5d4c7d8fa7d12104402fe94430cdd 100644 --- a/doc/html/news.html +++ b/doc/html/news.html @@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ <meta http-equiv="keywords" content="Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management, SLURM, resource management, Linux clusters, high-performance computing, Livermore Computing"> <meta name="LLNLRandR" content="UCRL-WEB-213976"> -<meta name="LLNLRandRdate" content="1 November 2005"> +<meta name="LLNLRandRdate" content="6 December 2005"> <meta name="distribution" content="global"> <meta name="description" content="Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management"> <meta name="copyright" @@ -100,23 +100,31 @@ Major enhancements include: <li>I/O streams for all tasks on a node are transmitted through one pair of sockets instead of distinct sockets for each task. This improves performance and scalability.</li> +<li>Resource management supported to the core level on a node.</li> <li>Nodes can be in multiple partitions, providing more flexibility in managing the SLURM partitions as queues.</li> <li>Support for task communication/synchronization primitives (PMI).</li> <li>E-mail notification on job state changes.</li> <li>Better control over task distribution.</li> <li>User control of job prioritization via <i>nice</i> option.</li> -<li><a href="configurator.html">Configuration Tool</a></li> +<li>Web-based <a href="configurator.html">configuration tool</a>.</li> </ul> -<h3>Major Updates in SLURM Version 1.1 and beyond</h3> +<h3>Major Updates in SLURM Version 1.1</h3> +<p>We expect to make SLURM Version 1.1 available in May 2006. +Major enhancements include: +<ul> +<li>Communications enhancements, validated up to 16,384 node clusters.</li> +<li>Preempt/resume jobs per scheduler directives.</li> +</ul> + +<h3>Major Updates in SLURM Version 1.2 and beyond</h3> <p> Detailed plans for release dates and contents of future SLURM releases have not been finalized. Anyone desiring to perform SLURM development should notify <a href="mailto:slurm-dev@lists.llnl.gov">slurm-dev@lists.llnl.gov</a> to coordinate activies. Future development plans includes: <ul> <li>Permit resource allocations (jobs) to change size.</li> -<li>Preempt/resume jobs per scheduler directives.</li> <li>Enforce CPU and memory limits by job.</li> <li>Convert state save functions to plugins for use of various databases.</li> <li>Develop Perl API to SLURM.</li> @@ -127,7 +135,7 @@ to coordinate activies. Future development plans includes: <td colspan="3"><hr> <p>For information about this page, contact <a href="mailto:slurm-dev@lists.llnl.gov">slurm-dev@lists.llnl.gov</a>.</p> <p><a href="http://www.llnl.gov/"><img align=middle src="lll.gif" width="32" height="32" border="0"></a></p> <p class="footer">UCRL-WEB-213976<br> -Last modified 1 November 2005</p></td> +Last modified 6 December 2005</p></td> </tr> </table> </td>