LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Administering Platform LSF 393
Resource Allocation Limits
Configuring Resource Allocation Limits
Contents
◆ lsb.resources file on page 393
◆ Enable resource allocation limits on page 394
◆ Configure cluster-wide limits on page 394
◆ Compatibility with pre-version 7 job slot limits on page 394
◆ How resource allocation limits map to pre-version 7 job slot limits on page 395
◆ How conflicting limits are resolved on page 396
◆ Example limit configurations on page 398
lsb.resources file
Configure all resource allocation limits in one or more Limit sections in the
lsb.resources file. Limit sections set limits for how much of the specified
resources must be available for different classes of jobs to start, and which resource
consumers the limits apply to.
Resource
parameters
To limit ... Set in a Limit section of lsb.resources ...
Total number of running and suspended
(RUN, SSUSP, USUSP) jobs
JOBS
Total number of job slots that can be used
by specific jobs
SLOTS
Jobs slots based on the number of
processors on each host affected by the
limit
SLOTS_PER_PROCESSOR and PER_HOST
Memory—if PER_HOST is set for the limit,
the amount can be a percentage of
memory on each host in the limit
MEM (MB or percentage)
Swap space—if PER_HOST is set for the
limit, the amount can be a percentage of
swap space on each host in the limit
SWP (MB or percentage)
Tmp space —if PER_HOST is set for the
limit, the amount can be a percentage of
tmp space on each host in the limit
TMP (MB or percentage)
Software licenses LICENSE or RESOURCE
Any shared resource RESOURCE