diff --git a/doc/html/news.shtml b/doc/html/news.shtml index 7621cafc63ad543c5f16667364388fb74e3136e7..7a2c3f4358799c6f67d1d89c203476af9ee91b7b 100644 --- a/doc/html/news.shtml +++ b/doc/html/news.shtml @@ -37,24 +37,28 @@ Major enhancements include: <h2><a name="1508">Major Updates Planned for Slurm Version 15.08</a></h2> <p>Slurm Version 15.08 is scheduled for release in August 2015. -Major enhancements include: +Major enhancements to include: <ul> -<li>Add support for communication gateway nodes with aggregation of messages - to improve scalability.</li> -<li>Add support for PMI Exascale (PMIx) for improved MPI scalability.</li> +<!-- SchedMD led --> <li>Add support for burst buffers, data storage available for before, during and/or after job computation in support of data staging, checkpoint, etc.</li> +<li>Convert charging from being based upon CPU time allocated to a more + general <i>system billing unit</i>, which can be computed as a function of + many different resources (e.g. CPU, memory, power, GPUs, etc.).</li> +<li>Improve recovery time for communication failures when large numbers of + nodes fail simultaneously.</li> +<li>Permit disabling of swap space use.</li> +<!-- Intel led --> +<li>Add support for PMI Exascale (PMIx) for improved MPI scalability.</li> +<!-- Bull led --> <li>Add support asymmetric resource allocation and MPMD programming. Multiple resource allocation specification (memory, CPUs, GPUs, etc.) will be supported in a single job allocation.</li> -<li>Layouts framework, which will be the basis for further developments toward +<li>Add support for communication gateway nodes to improve scalability.</li> +<li>Add layouts framework, which will be the basis for further developments toward optimizing scheduling with respect to additional parameters such as temperature and power consumption.</li> -<li>Energy consumption added as a factor in fair-share scheduling.</li> -<li>Energy aware scheduling added with respect to power caps.</li> -<li>Improved support for GPU affinity with respect to CPUs and network - resources.</li> </ul> <h2><a name="1605">Major Updates in Slurm Version 16.05 and beyond</a></h2> @@ -63,6 +67,10 @@ have not been finalized. Anyone desiring to perform Slurm development should notify <a href="mailto:slurm-dev@schedmd.com">slurm-dev@schedmd.com</a> to coordinate activities. Future development plans includes: <ul> +<li>Energy consumption added as a factor in fair-share scheduling.</li> +<li>Energy aware scheduling added with respect to power caps.</li> +<li>Improved support for GPU affinity with respect to CPUs and network + resources.</li> <li>Integration with <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FlexNet_Publisher">FLEXlm (Flexnet Publisher)</a> license management.</li> @@ -78,6 +86,6 @@ to coordinate activities. Future development plans includes: <li>Improved support for provisioning and virtualization.</li> <li>Provide a web-based Slurm administration tool.</li> </ul> -<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 14 October 2014</p> +<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 30 October 2014</p> <!--#include virtual="footer.txt"-->