Hello Vladimir, thank you for your response. this is the cgroups.conf file: CgroupAutomount=yes ConstrainCores=yes ConstrainDevices=yes ConstrainRAMSpace=yes ConstrainSwapSpace=yes MaxRAMPercent=90 AllowedSwapSpace=0 AllowedRAMSpace=100 MemorySwappiness=0 MaxSwapPercent=0
/etc/default/grub: GRUB_DEFAULT=0 GRUB_TIMEOUT_STYLE=hidden GRUB_TIMEOUT=0 GRUB_DISTRIBUTOR=`lsb_release -i -s 2> /dev/null || echo Debian` GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="" GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX="net.ifnames=0 biosdevname=0 cgroup_enable=memory swapaccount=1" what other cgroup settings need to be set? && thank you! -b On Thu, Jun 22, 2023 at 4:02 PM Ozeryan, Vladimir < vladimir.ozer...@jhuapl.edu> wrote: > --mem=5G. Should allocate 5G of memory per node. > > Are your cgroups configured? > > > > *From:* slurm-users <slurm-users-boun...@lists.schedmd.com> *On Behalf Of > *Boris Yazlovitsky > *Sent:* Thursday, June 22, 2023 3:28 PM > *To:* slurm-users@lists.schedmd.com > *Subject:* [EXT] [slurm-users] --mem is not limiting the job's memory > > > > *APL external email warning: *Verify sender > slurm-users-boun...@lists.schedmd.com before clicking links or attachments > > > > Running slurm 22.03.02 on Ubunutu 22.04 server. > > Jobs submitted with --mem=5g are able to allocate an unlimited amount of > memory. > > > > how to limit on the job submission level how much memory it can grab? > > > > thanks, and best regards! > Boris > > >