LSF Version 7.3 - Administering Platform LSF

Administering Platform LSF 545
Runtime Resource Usage Limits
Specify job-level resource usage limits
1 To specify resource usage limits at the job level, use one of the following bsub
options:
❖ -C core_limit
❖ -c cpu_limit
❖ -D data_limit
❖ -F file_limit
❖ -M mem_limit
❖ -p process_limit
❖ -W run_limit
❖ -S stack_limit
❖ -T thread_limit
❖ -v swap_limit
Job-level resource usage limits specified at job submission override the queue
definitions.
Supported Resource Usage Limits and Syntax
Core file size limit
Sets a per-process (soft) core file size limit for each process that belongs to this batch
job.
By default, the limit is specified in KB. Use LSF_UNIT_FOR_LIMITS in
lsf.conf
to specify a larger unit for the the limit (MB, GB, TB, PB, or EB).
On some systems, no core file is produced if the image for the process is larger than
the core limit. On other systems only the first core_limit KB of the image are
dumped. The default is no soft limit.
CPU time limit
Sets the soft CPU time limit to cpu_limit for this batch job. The default is no limit.
This option is useful for avoiding runaway jobs that use up too many resources. LSF
keeps track of the CPU time used by all processes of the job.
Job syntax (bsub) Queue syntax (lsb.queues) Fomat/Default Units
-C core_limit CORELIMIT=limit integer KB
Job syntax (bsub) Queue syntax (lsb.queues) Fomat/Default Units
-c cpu_limit CPULIMIT=[default]
maximum
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