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Make sure you fully understand how your application works regarding parallelization as this will direct you to the best configuration.
Every application is different, and every simulation can have different requirements, we would recommend keeping a record of the various configurations you use, and track what works, and what doesn't work. If you could share this developed experience with us, we'd like to share it across the entire UW research community (and beyond).
Try testing with 'small' configurations first before request 'large' configurations, and check that your application is behaving as you expect it.
There are other sbatch options, such as
mem-per-cpu, as well as other node types (some with 40 cores) and other partitions, and these also all play a part in how your job is allocated. We are creating additional pages that more specifically go into these.There are always alternatives, and if you are comfortable using them then by all means use them. But please be aware that we might not know your alternative and it will take us time to interpret and understand and we will often come back to you for further details and explanations. If we can use common terminology we can more efficiently and effectively assist you.
For those who use
sallocto create an interactive session, all of the options will apply.
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