ARCHIVED: What is SLURM, and where is it installed on XSEDE?

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The Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management (SLURM) is an open source, highly-scalable resource management and job scheduling system for submitting, executing, monitoring, and managing batch jobs (typically, parallel jobs) on high-performance Linux clusters. SLURM has been jointly developed by individuals from many companies and organizations; the lead developers are Danny Auble and Morris Jette of SchedMD, both formerly with Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL). For more, see SchedMD's Slurm Workload Manager page.

To determine which Extreme Science and Engineering Discovery Environment (XSEDE) digital services have this application installed, use the XSEDE User Portal Software Search. Enter the application name in the Search software box. As you type, search results (i.e., systems with that application installed) are returned automatically. To list all available applications, leave the Search software box empty, and then sort the results by digital service (click Resources), category (click Science Category/Domain), or Service Provider (click Sites).

Similarly, to determine whether an XSEDE Science Gateway provides access to this application, use the search tool on the Gateway Applications page in the XSEDE User Portal.

If this application is not listed, most likely it is not installed on any XSEDE digital services nor accessible from any XSEDE Science Gateways. If a scientific application that is integral to your research is not available, or if a necessary module associated with an installed package is not available, contact the XSEDE Help Desk to request its installation.

This document was developed with support from National Science Foundation (NSF) grants 1053575 and 1548562. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF.