MATLAB: Cluster with 8 workers runs only one job at a time

Question

I am using a local cluster (parcluster) to run 6 jobs. When I examine my cluster, I see that it reports 8 workers. Since I'm submitting the 6 jobs simulataneously, I would expect that all six would start running right away. Instead, the jobs are only executed one at a time with the others remaining in a 'queued' state. Is there a way to run more than one job at a time, or (best case) run all jobs simultaneously?

Answer 1

The tasks are not running serially as you expect but are running in parallel and are thus using all of the resources available. This is why the next job has to wait until the previous has finished running all of its tasks.