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update release plans

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HIGHLIGHTS
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* Support is provided for Cray XT and XE computers
* Support is provided for BlueGene/Q computers.
* For architectures where the slurmd daemon executes on front end nodes (Cray
and BlueGene systems) more than one slurmd daemon may be executed using more
than one front end node for improved fault-tolerance and performance.
NOTE: The slurmctld daemon will report the lack of a front_end_state file
as an error when first started in this configuration.
CONFIGURATION FILE CHANGES (see "man slurm.conf" for details)
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* In order to support more than one front end node, new parameters have been
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<ul>
<li><a href="#21">SLURM Version 2.1, January 2010</a></li>
<li><a href="#22">SLURM Version 2.2, December 2010</a></li>
<li><a href="#23">SLURM Version 2.3, available May 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="#23">SLURM Version 2.3, planned for Summer 2011</a></li>
<li><a href="#24">SLURM Version 2.4 and beyond</a></li>
<li><a href="#security">Security Patches</a></li>
</ul>
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</ul>
<h2><a name="23">Major Updates in SLURM Version 2.3</a></h2>
<p>SLURM Version 2.3 release is planned in May 2011.
<p>SLURM Version 2.3 release is planned for Summer 2011.
Major enhancements currently planned include:
<ul>
<li>Support for Cray XT and XE computers (integration with ALPS/BASIL).</li>
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BlueGene architectures, improves performance and fault tolerance).</li>
<li>Support for Linux cgroup job containers including integration with
generic resources.</li>
<li> Resource reservations with a node count specification will select
those nodes optimized for the system topology.</li>
</ul>
<h2><a name="24">Major Updates in SLURM Version 2.4 and beyond</a></h2>
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notify <a href="mailto:slurm-dev@lists.llnl.gov">slurm-dev@lists.llnl.gov</a>
to coordinate activities. Future development plans includes:
<ul>
<li>Support for growing job allocations (shrinking jobs are supported in
version 2.2).</li>
<li>Faster and more powerful job step management support (e.g. step
dependencies).</li>
<li>Improved user support for fault-tolerance (e.g. "hot spare" resources).</li>
<li>Integration with FlexLM license management.</li>
<li>Numerous enhancements to advanced resource reservations.</li>
<li>Numerous enhancements to advanced resource reservations (e.g. start or
end the reservation early depending upon the workload).</li>
<li>Add Kerberos credential support including credential forwarding
and refresh.</li>
<li>Improved support for provisioning and virtualization.</li>
<li>Provide a web-based SLURM administration tool.</li>
</ul>
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