BioTeam Slurm Training

Comprehensive Slurm workload manager training for life science HPC environments. Covers end-users through administrators across on-premise, AWS ParallelCluster, and AWS PCS deployments.

Choose Your Track

Track	Audience	Description	Modules
Getting Started	L1-L2	New to HPC or Slurm? Start here. Learn what a scheduler does and submit your first job.	6
End-User Essentials	L2	Working user who submits jobs regularly. Resource requests, interactive jobs, containers, best practices.	11
Power User	L3	Advanced workflows: job arrays, dependencies, MPI, GPU jobs, recurring jobs.	16
Administrator	L4	Install, configure, and manage Slurm clusters. Architecture through high availability.	11+
IT Leadership	L5	Strategy, capacity planning, and cost allocation for decision-makers.	7
Applications	L2-L4	Schrodinger Suite and CryoSPARC integration with Slurm.	4

See the Training Tracks Guide for detailed reading paths, role-based learning paths, and prerequisites.

Deployment Scenarios

All modules cover concepts applicable across three deployment environments. Platform-specific differences are highlighted in callout blocks throughout:

Deployment	Description
On-Premise	Traditional bare-metal/VM clusters
AWS ParallelCluster	Self-managed Slurm on AWS with dynamic scaling
AWS PCS	Managed Slurm experience on AWS

Migration Guides

Transitioning from another scheduler? Start with the rosetta stone for your current system:

• SGE to Slurm
• PBS/Torque to Slurm
• LSF to Slurm

Quick Reference

• Command Cheatsheet
• Environment Variables
• Job State Codes
• Node State Codes

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