HKUST SuperPOD - Job priority (Pilot period)
The HKUST SuperPOD job scheduler (i.e. Slurm) employs a weighting system with several factors to determine the priority of submitted jobs:
Factors are:
- Queueing Time:
- Job with a longer wait time in queue would be given higher priority.
- Job size:
- Job requesting more resources would be given higher priority over jobs requesting less resources
- Fair Share:
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Job submitted by project team with lower accumulated usage would be given higher priority
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- Backfill Scheduling:
- A Slurm scheduling plugin to maximize machine utilization by promoting lower priority job(s) which doing so does not delay the expected start time of any higher priority jobs.
| Based on the combined weights, each job will get a final priority score. Slurm will process the next job with the highest priority score |  |