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Impactful Scheduling for GPU Clusters at Ai2

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Impact: 80%
Updated 1h ago

Consensus Brief

Ai2 has implemented a new scheduling system for its GPU clusters to prioritize high-impact research while maintaining full occupancy. The new system replaces a priority-based scheduler with GPU time budgets and hierarchical fair-share allocation, addressing issues like GPU squatting and priority inflation.

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Primary: Hugging Face

What Changed Since Last Update

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The scheduling approach shifted from a priority-based system to a model that allocates GPU time based on research impact, enabling a more transparent administrative budgeting process.

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Confirmed Fact

Ai2 manages thousands of NVIDIA H100, B200, and B300 GPUs arranged in clusters ranging from 88 to 1024 GPUs.

Confirmed Fact

The demand for GPU time at Ai2 exceeds supply by 2-3 times.

Confirmed Fact

The previous priority-based scheduler led to issues such as GPU squatting and priority inflation.

Confirmed Fact

The new scheduling system includes GPU time budgets and hierarchical fair-share allocation.

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