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Replace "resource manager" with "workload manager" in some web pages

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<li><a href="http://sourceforge.net/projects/auks/">AUKS</a><br>
AUKS is an utility designed to ease Kerberos V credential support addition
to non-interactive applications, like batch systems (SLURM, LSF, Torque, etc.).
It includes a plugin for the SLURM resource manager. AUKS is not used as
It includes a plugin for the SLURM workload manager. AUKS is not used as
an authentication plugin by the SLURM code itself, but provides a mechanism
for the application to manage Kerberos V credentials.</li>
</ul><br>
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<li><b>PAM Module (pam_slurm)</b><br>
Pluggable Authentication Module (PAM) for restricting access to compute nodes
where SLURM performs resource management. Access to the node is restricted to
where SLURM performs workload management. Access to the node is restricted to
user root and users who have been allocated resources on that node.
NOTE: pam_slurm is included within the SLURM distribution for version 2.1
or higher.
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</ul>
<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 13 August 2012</p>
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See the <a href="preempt.html">Preemption</a> document for more information.
</P>
<P>
A resource manager that supports timeslicing can improve responsiveness
A workload manager that supports timeslicing can improve responsiveness
and utilization by allowing more jobs to begin running sooner.
Shorter-running jobs no longer have to wait in a queue behind longer-running
jobs.
......@@ -527,6 +527,6 @@ For now this idea could be experimented with by disabling memory support in
the selector and submitting appropriately sized jobs.
</P>
<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 29 June 2012</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 2 October 2012</p>
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<p>The poe command interacts with SLURM by loading a SLURM library providing
a variety of functions for its use. You must specify the location of that
library and note that SLURM is the resource manager in the file named
library and note that SLURM is the workload manager in the file named
"/etc/poe.limits".
The library name is "libpermapi.so" and it is in installed with the other SLURM
libraries in the subdirectory "lib/slurm". A sample "/etc/poe.limits" file is
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unpredictable results. This was fixed in SLURM version 2.1.14.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 28 September 2012</p>
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<p>The Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management (SLURM) is an open source,
fault-tolerant, and highly scalable cluster management and job scheduling system
for large and small Linux clusters. SLURM requires no kernel modifications for
its operation and is relatively self-contained. As a cluster resource manager,
its operation and is relatively self-contained. As a cluster workload manager,
SLURM has three key functions. First, it allocates exclusive and/or non-exclusive
access to resources (compute nodes) to users for some duration of time so they
can perform work. Second, it provides a framework for starting, executing, and
......@@ -202,6 +202,6 @@ PartitionName=DEFAULT MaxTime=UNLIMITED MaxNodes=4096
PartitionName=batch Nodes=lx[0041-9999]
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<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 5 May 2011</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 2 October 2012</p>
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<p>The Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management (SLURM) is an open source,
fault-tolerant, and highly scalable cluster management and job scheduling system
for large and small Linux clusters. SLURM requires no kernel modifications for
its operation and is relatively self-contained. As a cluster resource manager,
its operation and is relatively self-contained. As a cluster workload manager,
SLURM has three key functions. First, it allocates exclusive and/or non-exclusive
access to resources (compute nodes) to users for some duration of time so they
can perform work. Second, it provides a framework for starting, executing, and
......@@ -385,6 +385,6 @@ with SLURM are provided below.
<li><a href="mpi_guide.html#quadrics_mpi">Quadrics MPI</a></li>
</ul></p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 24 February 2012</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 2 October 2012</p>
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<h1>SLURM: A Highly Scalable Resource Manager</h1>
<h1>SLURM Workload Manager</h1>
<p>SLURM is an open-source resource manager designed for Linux clusters of
<p>SLURM is an open-source workload manager designed for Linux clusters of
all sizes.
It provides three key functions.
First it allocates exclusive and/or non-exclusive access to resources
......@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@ world-class computer centers and rely upon a
or supporting sophisticated
<a href="priority_multifactor.html">job prioritization</a> algorithms.</p>
<p>While other resource managers do exist, SLURM is unique in several
<p>While other workload managers do exist, SLURM is unique in several
respects:
<ul>
<li><b>Scalability</b>: It is designed to operate in a heterogeneous cluster
......@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ can specify size and time limit ranges.</li>
help identify load imbalances and other anomalies.</li>
</ul></p>
<p>SLURM provides resource management on many of the most powerful computers in
<p>SLURM provides workload management on many of the most powerful computers in
the world including:
<ul>
<li><a href="https://asc.llnl.gov/computing_resources/sequoia/">Sequoia</a>
......@@ -104,6 +104,6 @@ for molecular dynamics simulation using 512 custom-designed ASICs
and a three-dimensional torus interconnect.</li>
</ul>
<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 28 September 2012</p>
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