Terra:Batch Job Examples

Job File Examples

Several examples of Slurm job files for Terra are listed below. For translating Ada/LSF job files, the Batch Job Translation Guide provides some reference.

Example Job 1: A serial job (single core, single node)

#!/bin/bash
##ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS; CHANGE WITH CAUTION
#SBATCH --export=NONE        #Do not propagate environment
#SBATCH --get-user-env=L     #Replicate login environment

##NECESSARY JOB SPECIFICATIONS
#SBATCH -J JobExample1       #Set the job name to "JobExample1"
#SBATCH -t 01:30:00          #Set the wall clock limit to 1hr and 30min
#SBATCH -N 1                 #Request 1 node
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1  #Request 1 task/core per node
#SBATCH --mem=2560M          #Request 2560MB (2.5GB) per node
#SBATCH -o Example1Out.%j    #Send stdout/err to "Example1Out.[jobID]"

##OPTIONAL JOB SPECIFICATIONS
#SBATCH -A 123456            #Set billing account to 123456
#SBATCH --mail-type=ALL      #Send email on all job events
#SBATCH --mail-user=email_address  #Send all emails to email_address

#First Executable Line

Example Job 2: A multi core, single node job

#!/bin/bash
##ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS; CHANGE WITH CAUTION
#SBATCH --export=NONE        #Do not propagate environment
#SBATCH --get-user-env=L     #Replicate login environment

##NECESSARY JOB SPECIFICATIONS
#SBATCH -J JobExample2       #Set the job name to "JobExample2"
#SBATCH -t 6:30:00           #Set the wall clock limit to 6hr and 30min
#SBATCH -N 1                 #Request 1 node
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=8  #Request 8 tasks/cores per node
#SBATCH --mem=8192M          #Request 8192MB (8GB) per node 
#SBATCH -o Example2Out.%j    #Send stdout/err to "Example2Out.[jobID]" 

##OPTIONAL JOB SPECIFICATIONS
#SBATCH -A 123456            #Set billing account to 123456
#SBATCH --mail-type=ALL      #Send email on all job events
#SBATCH --mail-user=email_address  #Send all emails to email_address 

#First Executable Line

Example Job 3: A multi core, multi node job

#!/bin/bash
##ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS; CHANGE WITH CAUTION
#SBATCH --export=NONE        #Do not propagate environment
#SBATCH --get-user-env=L     #Replicate login environment

##NECESSARY JOB SPECIFICATIONS
#SBATCH -J JobExample3       #Set the job name to "JobExample3"
#SBATCH -t 1-12:00:00        #Set the wall clock limit to 1 Day and 12hr
#SBATCH -N 4                 #Request 4 nodes
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=2  #Request 2 tasks/cores per node
#SBATCH --mem=4096M          #Request 4096MB (4GB) per node 
#SBATCH -o Example3Out.%j    #Send stdout/err to "Example3Out.[jobID]"

##OPTIONAL JOB SPECIFICATIONS
#SBATCH -A 123456            #Set billing account to 123456
#SBATCH --mail-type=ALL      #Send email on all job events
#SBATCH --mail-user=email_address  #Send all emails to email_address

#First Executable Line

Example Job 4: A serial GPU job

#!/bin/bash
##ENVIRONMENT SETTINGS; CHANGE WITH CAUTION
#SBATCH --export=NONE  #Do not propagate environment
#SBATCH --get-user-env=L  #Replicate login environment

##NECESSARY JOB SPECIFICATIONS
#SBATCH -J JobExample4    #Set the job name to "JobExample4"
#SBATCH -t 01:30:00    #Set the wall clock limit to 1hr and 30min
#SBATCH -N 1     #Request 1 node
#SBATCH --ntasks-per-node=1  #Request 1 task/core per node
#SBATCH --mem=2560M    #Request 2560MB (2.5GB) per node
#SBATCH -o Example4Out.%j #Send stdout/err to "Example4Out.[jobID]"
#SBATCH --gres=gpu:1   #Request 1 GPU
#SBATCH -p gpu      #Request the GPU partition/queue

##OPTIONAL JOB SPECIFICATIONS
#SBATCH -A 123456   #Set billing account to 123456
#SBATCH --mail-type=ALL   #Send email on all job events
#SBATCH --mail-user=email_address  #Send all emails to email_address

#First Executable Line

See more specialized job files (if available) at the HPRC Software page