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Note updates for slurm v1.0 and 1.1.

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<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"
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<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>
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<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>
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