Overview

Teaching: min
Exercises: min

Questions

• How many and what kind of compute nodes are on this cluster?

• How does the cluster get my tasks or programs to the compute nodes?

Objectives

Topics:

Description of compute nodes

Description of what a scheduler does

Job scheduling roleplay

Your instructor will divide you into groups taking on different roles in the cluster (users, compute nodes and the scheduler). Follow their instructions as they lead you through this exercise. You will be emulating how a job scheduling system works on the cluster.

Notes for the instructor here

Key Points