Slurm Partitions
Partition Overview
Oscar has the following slurm partitions. The number and size of jobs allowed on Oscar vary with both partition and type of user account. You can email support@ccv.brown.edu if you need advice on which partitions to use.
To list partitions on Oscar available to your account, run the following command:
To view all partitions (including ones you don't have access to), replace the -O in the command above with -aO.
Name
Purpose
batch
general purpose computing
debug
short wait time, short run time partition for debugging
vnc
graphical desktop environment
gpu
GPU nodes
gpu-he
High End GPU nodes
gpu-debug
short wait time, short run time partition for gpu debugging
bigmem
large memory nodes
batch is the default partition.
Partition Details
Below are brief summary of partitions. For the details of nodes in partitions, please see here.
batch
General purpose computing
Priority is determined by account type (from highest
to lowest: condo, priority, exploratory)
Condo limits apply to the group (i.e., they reflect the sum of all users on the condo). Condo users can check the limits on their condo with the command condos.
There is no limit on the time for condo jobs, but users should be aware that planned maintenance on the machine may occur (one month’s notice is given prior to any planned maintenance).
debug
Short wait time, short run time access for debugging
All users have the same limits and priority on the debug partition
vnc
These nodes are for running VNC sessions/jobs
Account type may affect Priority
gpu
For GPU-based jobs
GPU Priority users get higher priority and more resources than free users on the GPU partition
Condo users submit to the gpu partition with normal or priority access (if they have a priority account in addition to their condo)
gpu-he
For GPU-based jobs
Uses Tesla V100 GPUs
Restricted to High End GPU Priority users
gpu-debug
Short wait time, short run time gpu access for debugging
All users have the same limits and priority on the gpu-debug partition
bigmem
For jobs requiring large amounts of memory
Priority users get higher priority and more resources than free users on the bigmem partition
Condo users submit to the bigmem partition with normal or priority access (if they have a priority account in addition to their condo)
Premium users get higher priority and more resources than free users on the SMP partition
Condo users submit to the SMP partition with normal or priority access (if they have a priority account in addition to their condo)
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