Side by side comparison of submission parameters by scheduler type
| Variable Name | HPC Runner Variable | Torque/PBS | SLURM |
|---|---|---|---|
| Job Name | #HPC jobname=$JOBNAME | #PBS -N $JOBNAME | #SBATCH --job-name=$JOBNAME |
| Job Dependencies | #HPC deps=$JOBNAME | #PBS -W depend=afterok=$JOBID | #SBATCH --dependency=afterok=$JOBID |
| CPUS | #HPC cpus_per_task=$CPUS_PER_TASK | #PBS -l nodes=$NODES_COUNT:ppn=$CPUS_PER_TASK | #SBATCH --cpus-per-task=$CPUS_PER_TASK |
| Queue/Partition | #HPC partition=$PARTTION or #HPC queue=$PARTITION | #PBS -q queue=$PARTITION | #SBATCH --partition=$PARTITION |
| ntasks | #HPC ntasks=$NTASKS | NA | #SBATCH --ntasks=$NTASKS |
| Number of Nodes | #HPC nodes_count=$NODES | #PBS -l nodes=$NODES_COUNT:ppn=$CPUS_PER_TASK | #SBATCH --nodes=$NODES_COUNT |
| Walltime | #HPC walltime=$WALLTIME | #PBS --walltime=$WALLTIME | #SBATCH --time=$WALLTIME |
Resources
http://www.sdsc.edu/~hocks/FG/PBS.slurm.html
http://slurm.schedmd.com/sbatch.html - Simple Linux Utility for Resource Management
https://wiki.hpcc.msu.edu/display/hpccdocs/Advanced+Scripting+Using+PBS+Environment+Variables Advanced Scripting Using PBS Environment Variables - HPCC Documentation and User Manual - HPCC Wiki