Untested, but a combination of a QOS with MaxTRESPerJob=cpu=X and a partition that allows or denies that QOS may work. A job_submit.lua should be able to adjust the QOS of a submitted job, too.
On 9/30/20, 10:50 AM, "slurm-users on behalf of Paul Edmon" <slurm-users-boun...@lists.schedmd.com on behalf of ped...@cfa.harvard.edu> wrote: External Email Warning This email originated from outside the university. Please use caution when opening attachments, clicking links, or responding to requests. ________________________________ Probably the best way to accomplish this is via a job_submit.lua script. That way you can reject at submission time. There isn't a feature in the partition configurations that I am aware that can accomplish this but a custom job_submit script certainly can. -Paul Edmon- On 9/30/2020 11:44 AM, Jim Kilborn wrote: > Does anyone know if there is a way to limit a partition (or a host in > a partition) to only allow jobs less than x number of cores. It would > be preferable to not have to move the host to a seperate partition, > but we could if necessary. I just want to have a place that only small > jobs can run. I cant find a parameter in slurm.conf that allows this, > or I am overlooking something. > > Thanks in advance! >