Home icon

AWS Parallel Computing Service now supports Slurm SPANK plugins

News

AWS Parallel Computing Service (AWS PCS) now supports Slurm SPANK plugins, allowing users to extend and customize Slurm workload scheduling without direct modification of the Slurm system.

  • Enables integration with container technologies like Enroot and Pyxis
  • Allows custom monitoring of memory and I/O patterns
  • Supports dynamic job launch modifications for improved resource management
  • Compatible with container images from Amazon ECR, Docker Hub, NVIDIA NGC, and other registries
  • Available in all AWS Regions where AWS PCS is deployed

Users can implement SPANK plugins by installing and configuring them on Amazon Machine Images (AMIs) for compute nodes, with plugins dynamically loaded at job launch.

Go to article

The AWS News Feed is currently looking for gold sponsors. If you want to support the AWS community and reach a large audience of AWS professionals, consider sponsoring the AWS News Feed.

Related articles

Oct 2
2025
AWS Parallel Computing Service expands Slurm customization capabilities
Apr 23
2026
AWS Parallel Computing Service now supports Slurm 25.11
Oct 6
2025
Announcing expanded support for Custom Slurm Settings in AWS Parallel Computing Service
Nov 20
2025
AWS Parallel Computing Service now supports Slurm REST API

The AWS News Feed is currently looking for silver sponsors. If you want to support the AWS community and reach a large audience of AWS professionals, consider sponsoring the AWS News Feed.