CODEWITHSUNDEEP
linuxcluster-computingslurm
Frame91
Frame91

Reputation: 3789

Slurm Versioning - 2.X and 1X

I would like to know where the difference between Slurm versions around 2.X.X and 13-15.X are.

The most detailed list I could find regarding versioning is here: http://www.schedmd.com/#news

It seems that with Slurm version 2.6.1 another version named 13.12.0-pre1 came out.

However, nowhere is explained, how these two versions differ from each other.

While the version 13.X is still under development (currently 15.X), it seemed to have stopped for Slurm version 2.6.7.

Are these two different versions compatible to each other? Are upgrades from 2.X to 15.X possible? Are these versions completely diffferent? And if so, in what do they differ?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 229

Answers (1)

Carles Fenoy
Carles Fenoy

Reputation: 5357

The Slurm version 2.X.X are quite old versions and no longer supported. The last stable version is 14.11 and the next one should be 15.08.

Slurm only support upgrades from up to two further versions, so is not possible to upgrade directly from 2.6.X to 14.X or 15.X.

Slurm can work with up to two major different versions simultaneously. So you can have in the same cluster 14.03 and 15.08 but the controller and the database daemon should always be on the latest version.

The change from 2.6.7 to 13.x was simply a change in the version numbering convention, to follow a YEAR.MONTH version name, and from that point the developers try to relase 2 versions a year.

Upvotes: 2

Related Questions