Automatic Slurm partition selection

[Luca.Capello]

HI there,

@Volodymyr.Savchenko

thanks, very useful!

Please do not hijack threads (cf. [howto] check overall partition usage ), I have move your reply to a new topic.

Maybe a strange question, but I was wondering how much I, as a user, should be directly concerned with selection of the partition?

If I define the required job resources, and my goal is obviously to get my job scheduled as soon as possible, is there not always a definitive choice of the partition, which could be as well done without my direct involvement?

Well, I would say that it depends on user preferences, myself as a molecular biologist I would NEVER want it, given that the partition is IMHO one of the analysis parameter, thus humanly defined.

I saw that someone has even already implemented a script to make such a selection (does not work directly here, but gives the idea).

Thank you for the notice, I guess the easiest going forward would be to adapt that script and then provide here an HowTo.

Thx, bye,
Luca