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Managed Slurm with Strong Tenant Isolation

Offer managed Slurm through isolated tenant environments. Private Nodes give each production tenant dedicated worker nodes, while Certified Stacks package the Slinky integration and Slurm keeps responsibility for job scheduling.

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Problem

Why Managed Slurm Is Hard

Shared GPU infrastructure creates real risks when Slurm environments lack strong control-plane and workload isolation.

Weak Tenant Boundaries

Namespace-only designs share control-plane and node-level components, which is a poor fit for untrusted or external tenants.

Slow, Expensive Provisioning

Building a separate infrastructure stack for every tenant adds provisioning work and creates more systems to operate.

Operational Complexity at Scale

Without a central management plane, templates, access, observability, and lifecycle operations drift across tenant environments.

Solution

Virtual Control Planes for Managed Slurm

vCluster Platform provides an isolated tenant environment for each managed Slurm service. Private Nodes are the production default, and Certified Stacks supply a repeatable Slinky integration while Slurm handles scheduling.

Built for Managed Slurm at Scale

vCluster combines tenant cluster isolation, Private Nodes, Certified Stacks, and centralized operations for managed Slurm services.

Slurm Integration

Managed Slurm via Certified Stacks

Certified Stacks provide a repeatable Slurm environment through Slinky. vCluster supplies the tenant cluster, while Slurm remains responsible for scheduling and job management.

  • Slurm via Slinky pre-validated
  • Consistent experience across tenants
  • Repeatable Slurm environment
Hardware Isolation

Private Nodes Per Slurm Tenant

Private Nodes assign dedicated worker nodes to each production tenant, with tenant-scoped networking and storage.

  • Private Nodes per tenant
  • Per-tenant CNI and storage
  • Dedicated compute per tenant
Control Plane

Isolated Slurm Control Planes

Each tenant environment has its own virtualized control plane, API access, and RBAC boundary on the control plane cluster.

  • Own control plane per tenant
  • Lightweight control plane creation
  • Lightweight virtualized control plane
Network Isolation

Hardware-Enforced Tenant Networking

With Netris configured, separate network environments can place each tenant on a hardware-backed L2 boundary.

  • Netris network environments
  • Hardware-enforced network boundaries
  • Supports regulated deployment patterns
Operations

Day 2 Ops Across Slurm Fleets

Operate tenant environments through a central UI, CLI, and API with templates, access controls, observability, and lifecycle operations.

  • Built-in observability and backups
  • Disaster recovery across tenants
  • Central fleet management UI

Why vCluster

This isn’t a side project. Behind every vCluster deployment is 5+ years of deep K8s engineering, security hardening, and battle-tested infrastructure work at massive scale.

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Get Started in 3 Steps

1
Schedule a Demo

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2
Deploy vCluster

Deploy vCluster on your infra in minutes

3
Onboard Your Tenants

Go live with a hyperscaler-grade tenant experience in days

FAQs

What is managed Slurm on vCluster Platform?

Managed Slurm on vCluster Platform runs Slurm through a Certified Stack built around the Slinky integration. vCluster supplies the isolated tenant environment and dedicated Private Nodes for production. Slurm and SchedMD components remain responsible for Slurm job scheduling.

How does vCluster isolate Slurm tenants?

vCluster gives each tenant its own virtualized control plane and Private Nodes with dedicated compute, networking, and storage. When the Netris integration is configured, each tenant network can also receive its own hardware-backed L2 boundary.

Can I run Slurm and Kubernetes clusters on the same GPU infrastructure?

Yes. Operators can offer Kubernetes and Slurm tenant environments from the same platform. vCluster manages the tenant boundary and fleet operations, while each cluster type keeps its own workload and scheduling model.

How long does it take to spin up a managed Slurm tenant cluster?

The virtualized control plane is lightweight and can be created quickly. Certified Stacks provide a repeatable Slinky configuration, reducing the manual integration work needed to prepare a Slurm tenant environment.

Does vCluster support air-gapped or compliance-sensitive Slurm deployments?

vCluster Platform supports air-gapped deployments and FIPS features on supported plans. Private Nodes and optional hardware network isolation provide deployment controls for organizations with data residency or regulatory requirements.

What GPU infrastructure does managed Slurm on vCluster run on?

Managed Slurm can run on private nodes from bare metal, cloud VMs, or other Linux machines. When bare metal is required, vMetal can provision the physical Machines and join them to the tenant cluster automatically.

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