SLURM cluster using Pi’s and a laptop

[RedPanther]

Just wondering if I could do a SLURM cluster with Pi’s using a laptop as the main controller?

Would it work with the different processor architectures?

[drllama]

Absolutely it will work!

I have a cluster of 10 RPis with my main server (running Fedora) as the cluster controller.

As long as what you're running on the nodes is the right architecture, it shouldn't matter what the architecture of the controller is.

One big caveat: Make sure all nodes (including the controller) are running the same version of SLURM, or at least compatible versions. I had no end of trouble until i pulled down the sources and compiled locally for my RPis and my server. Since then it's been smooth sailing.

Cheers!

[RedPanther]

Thanks for your answer! I have a laptop running Ubuntu that I would like to do most of my work on so I can use the Pi’s at full potential.

To branch this question a bit, is there a way to get SLURM working on a Windows 10 laptop to control a Pi cluster?

Or vice-versa, add a Windows 10 device to a SLURM cluster while using a device device as the main controller?