Hi David,
There are several approaches to have a shared filesystem namespace without
an actual shared filesystem. One issue you will have to contend with is how
to handle any kind of filesystem caching (how much room to allocate for
local cache, how to handle cache inconsistencies).
examples:
gcs
It sounds like you are asking if there should be a shared /home, which
you do not need. You do need to ensure a user can access the environment
for the node (a home directory, ssh keys, etc).
If you are asking about the job binary and the data it will be
processing, again, you do not. You cou
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> We are currently helping a research group to set up their own Slurm cluster.
> They have asked a very
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Hello,
We are currently helping a research group to set up their own Slurm cluster.
They have asked a very interesting question about Slurm and file systems. That
is, they are posing the question -- do you need a shared user
Hello,
We are currently helping a research group to set up their own Slurm cluster.
They have asked a very interesting question about Slurm and file systems. That
is, they are posing the question -- do you need a shared user file store on a
Slurm cluster?
So, in the extreme case where this is
