On Mon, 12 Jul 2021 21:00:45 +0200 Ole Holm Nielsen <ole.h.niel...@fysik.dtu.dk> wrote:
> SchedMD recommends that the slurmctld server should have only a few, > but very fast CPU cores, in order to ensure the best responsiveness. > The database server should preferably run on a physical server. That is very interesting. By database server, you mean slurmdbd server or the mysql database server? We currently have 1 dedicated machine for mysql and another 1 for slurmdbd. Is it recommended to keep them separated? > I prefer to run slurmctld and slurmdbd on separate servers so that I > can upgrade the Slurm database independently and before the slurmctld > server upgrade. This allows me to test the slurmdbd upgrade without > disturbing slurmctld and the cluster operations (it's OK for slurmdbd > to be unavailable for many hours). See also my Slurm upgrade page > https://wiki.fysik.dtu.dk/niflheim/Slurm_installation#upgrading-slurm This page is very insightful! Bookmarked it :) Best regards, Heitor
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