slurm: slurm (workload manager) slurm: slurm: Slurm is an open-source workload manager designed for Linux clusters slurm: of all sizes. It provides three key functions. First it allocates slurm: exclusive and/or non-exclusive access to resources (computer nodes) slurm: to users for some duration of time so they can perform work. Second, slurm: It provides a framework for starting, executing, and monitoring work slurm: (typically a parallel job) on a set of allocated nodes. Finally, it slurm: arbitrates contention for resources by managing a queue of pending slurm: work. slurm: http://slurm.schedmd.com/