AWS – AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now supports accounting with Slurm version 24.11

AWS Parallel Computing Service (PCS) now supports Slurm version 24.11 with support for managed accounting. Using this feature, you can enable accounting on your PCS clusters to monitor cluster usage, enforce resource limits, and manage fine-grained access control to specific queues or compute node groups. PCS manages the accounting database for your cluster, eliminating the need for you to setup and manage a separate accounting database.

You can enable this feature on your PCS cluster in just a few clicks using the AWS Management Console. Visit our getting started and accounting documentation pages to learn more about accounting and see release notes to learn more about Slurm 24.11.

AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS) is a managed service that makes it easier for you to run and scale your high performance computing (HPC) workloads and build scientific and engineering models on AWS using Slurm. To learn more about PCS, refer to the service documentation. For pricing details and region availability, see the PCS Pricing Page and AWS Region Table.

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