Runtime resource usage limits

About resource usage limits
Resource usage limits control how much resource can be consumed by running jobs. Jobs that use more than the specified amount of a resource are signaled or have their priority lowered.
Changing the units for resource usage limits
Use the LSF_UNIT_FOR_LIMITS parameter in the lsf.conf file to specify larger units for resource usage limits.
Specifying resource usage limits
Supported resource usage limits and syntax
Set runtime resource usage limits in the lsb.queues file or with the bsub command. Each limit has a default value and a specific format.
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CPU time and run time normalization
To set the CPU time limit and run time limit for jobs in a platform-independent way, LSF scales the limits by the CPU factor of the hosts involved. When a job is dispatched to a host for execution, the limits are then normalized according to the CPU factor of the execution host.
Memory and swap limit enforcement based on Linux cgroup memory subsystem
All LSF job processes are controlled by the Linux cgroup system so that cgroup memory and swap limits cannot be exceeded. These limits are enforced on a per job and per host basis, not per task, on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 6.2 or above and SuSe Linux Enterprise Linux 11 SP2 or above. LSF enforces memory and swap limits for jobs by periodically collecting job usage and comparing it with limits set by users. LSF can impose strict host-level memory and swap limits on systems that support Linux cgroup v1 or cgroup v2 cgroups.
PAM resource limits
PAM limits are system resource limits defined in limits.conf.

Parent topic: Make sure LSF resources are distributed fairly