[slurm-users] Simple free for all cluster

[Diego Zuccato]

Il 06/10/20 16:53, Jason Simms ha scritto:
> FWIW, I define the DefaultTime as 5 minutes, which effectively means for
> any "real" job that users must actually define a time. It helps users
> get into that habit, because in the absence of a DefaultTime, most will
> not even bother to think critically and carefully about what time limit
> is actually reasonable, which is important for, e.g., effective job
> backfill and scheduling estimations.
+1

> I currently don't have a MaxTime defined, because how do I know how long
> a job will take? Most jobs on my cluster require no more than 3-4 days,
> but in some cases at other campuses, I know that jobs can run for weeks.
> I suppose even setting a time limit such as 4 weeks would be overkill,
> but at least it's not infinite. I'm curious what others use as that
> value, and how you arrived at it.
We're currently using 24h,and will up to 72h. It's a compromise between
users requesting more time for their jobs and how long they're willing
to wait for their jobs to start.

Checkpointing is always needed anyway.

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