Partition and QoS

Partition and QoS

A partition is a list of nodes where your job may be run, and a quality of service (QoS) can set access controls, queue priority, and/or resource limitations to your job. Each submitted job must specify a partition and a QoS.

If your research group owns hardware on the Slurm cluster, you will have access to one or more partitions associated with that group, and one or more QoSes to be used in combination with these partitions.

In the most basic configuration, a group might have a single partition named ‘groupname’ and a single QoS named ‘groupname-main’, with a time limit of a few days and no resource limitations.

If your group has customized QoS settings, please check with your group’s Slurm liaison about your group’s best practices for job submission.