Memory specification in slurm script

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@asif

but memory defaults to the max memory of the master node even when I specify 100 or 200 in the GUI.

The match with the “max memory of the master node” may be a coincidence, and depend on job type.
What was the job type, and what is “max memory of the master node”.
Custom values set for certain reserved variables, like ram_gb, will not be effective:

'Cluster submission script variables' ignored

Hi @robukowski, The variables ram_gb, num_gpu, and num_cpu are actually meant to be unchangeable values set by CryoSPARC when submitting jobs to the cluster representing the job’s estimated required resources to run. Any custom variables using these names will have their values overwritten. However, it is still possible to modify the requested resources in a cluster submission script using custom variables. Below is a SLURM cluster configuration where the value for the amount of RAM required …