Partitions and Accounting
This page explains the partitions available to users and the accounting for each partition. This page assumes knowledge on partition usage and how to submit a job using SLURM. Please refer to the HPC user guide for a general introduction to these topics.
partitions
Compute nodes are grouped into partitions in order to allow the user to select different hardware to run their software on. Each partition includes a subset of nodes with a different type of hardware and a specific maximum wall time.
The partitions can be selected by users via the SLURM option:
#SBATCH --partition=<partition name>
or its short form:
#SBATCH -p <partition name>
The partitions available on Grid.UP are summarised in the table below. For details of the different hardware available on each node, please look at the Grid.UP hardware page.
| Partition name | Node type | Smallest possible allocation | Max wall time | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| batch | thin compute nodes | 1 cores + 500 MB memory | 5 days | default partition for small jobs |
| big | > 16 cores | 16 cores + 16 GB memory | 7 days | only for jobs with > 16 cores or GPU |
| cfp | restricted | 1 core + 1 GB memory | 28 days | exclusive for cfp registered users |
| lsrelcm | restricted | 1 core + 1 GB memory | 28 days | exclusive for lsre/lcm registered users |
accounting
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