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## Partitions
Merlin6 contains 3 partitions for general purpose. These are ``general``, ``daily`` and ``hourly``. If no partition is defined,
``general`` will be the default. Partition can be defined with the ``--partition`` option as follows:
Merlin6 contains 6 partitions for general purpose:
* For the CPU these are ``general``, ``daily`` and ``hourly``.
* For the GPU these are ``gpu_general``, ``gpu_daily`` and ``gpu_hourly``.
If no partition is defined, ``general`` will be the default. Partition can be defined with the ``--partition`` option as follows:
```bash
#SBATCH --partition=<general|daily|hourly> # Partition to use. 'general' is the 'default'.
#SBATCH --partition=<partition_name> # Partition to use. 'general' is the 'default'.
```
Please check the section [Slurm Configuration#Merlin6 Slurm Partitions] for more information about Merlin6 partition setup.
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CPU-based jobs are available for all PSI users. Users must belong to the ``merlin6`` Slurm ``Account`` in order to be able
to run on CPU-based nodes. All users registered in Merlin6 are automatically included in the ``Account``.
### Slurm CPU Mandatory Settings
The following options are mandatory settings that **must be included** in your batch scripts:
```bash
#SBATCH --constraint=mc # Always set it to 'mc' for CPU jobs.
```
### Slurm CPU Recommended Settings
There are some settings that are not mandatory but would be needed or useful to specify. These are the following:
@ -105,7 +101,6 @@ The following template should be used by any user submitting jobs to CPU nodes:
#SBATCH --time=<D-HH:MM:SS> # Strictly recommended when using 'general' partition.
#SBATCH --output=<output_file> # Generate custom output file
#SBATCH --error=<error_file> # Generate custom error file
#SBATCH --constraint=mc # You must specify 'mc' when using 'cpu' jobs
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-core=1 # Recommended one thread per core
##SBATCH --exclusive # Uncomment if you need exclusive node usage
@ -130,7 +125,6 @@ are automatically registered to the ``merlin6-gpu`` account. Other users should
The following options are mandatory settings that **must be included** in your batch scripts:
```bash
#SBATCH --constraint=gpu # Always set it to 'gpu' for GPU jobs.
#SBATCH --gres=gpu # Always set at least this option when using GPUs
```
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```bash
#!/bin/sh
#SBATCH --partition=<general|daily|hourly> # Specify 'general' or 'daily' or 'hourly'
#SBATCH --partition=gpu_<general|daily|hourly> # Specify 'general' or 'daily' or 'hourly'
#SBATCH --time=<D-HH:MM:SS> # Strictly recommended when using 'general' partition.
#SBATCH --output=<output_file> # Generate custom output file
#SBATCH --error=<error_file # Generate custom error file
#SBATCH --constraint=gpu # You must specify 'gpu' for using GPUs
#SBATCH --gres="gpu:<type>:<number_gpus>" # You should specify at least 'gpu'
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-core=1 # GPU nodes have hyper-threading disabled
##SBATCH --exclusive # Uncomment if you need exclusive node usage