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Slurm

A workload manager used to schedule jobs in different-sized Linux clusters. Slurm has three key functions: 1) giving access to users for a limited period of time to perform a certain action; 2) providing a framework for executing and monitoring these actions; and 3) managing a queue of work that is pending.

First released2001
Developed bySchedMD
Latest stable version21.x
Open-sourceYes
Used byNvidia, Applied Materials, University of Michigan

Interesting facts

Slurm is used on Sunway TaihuLight, which is the number one in the TOP500 most powerful computers in the world.

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