From aad57635ae217a2ca816feb5124c47b0ed4da3a6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Moe Jette <jette1@llnl.gov> Date: Wed, 22 Feb 2006 20:32:11 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Add faq info on shared nodes. --- doc/html/faq.shtml | 17 ++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/doc/html/faq.shtml b/doc/html/faq.shtml index dfcb24d059a..8f55e7d099f 100644 --- a/doc/html/faq.shtml +++ b/doc/html/faq.shtml @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ found on a node rather than what is defined in <i>slurm.conf</i>?</a></li> <li><a href="#return_to_service">Why is a node shown in state DOWN when the node has registered for service?</a></li> <li><a href="#down_node">What happens when a node crashes?</a></li> +<li><a href="#share">How can I control the execution of multiple jobs per node?</a></li> </ol> <p><a name="comp"><b>1. Why is my job/node in COMPLETING state?</b></a><br> When a job is terminating, both the job and its nodes enter the state "completing." @@ -212,6 +213,20 @@ with the srun option <i>--no-kill</i>. Any active job step on that node will be killed. See the slurm.conf and srun man pages for more information.</p> -<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 18 January 2006</p> +<p><a name="share"><b>13. How can I control the execution of multiple +jobs per node?</b></a><br> +There are two mechanism to control this. +If you want to allocate individual processors on a node to jobs, +configure <i>SelectType=select/cons_res</i>. +See <a href="cons_res.html">Consumable Resources in SLURM</a> +for details about this configuration. +If you want to allocate whole nodes to jobs, configure +configure <i>SelectType=select/linear</i>. +Each partition also has a configuration parameter <i>Shared</i> +that enables more than one job to execute on each node. +See <i>man slurm.conf</i> for more information about these +configuration paramters.</p> + +<p style="text-align:center;">Last modified 22 February 2006</p> <!--#include virtual="footer.txt"--> -- GitLab