arXiv:2510.01256cs.DCcs.AI2025-10

Kant统一调度系统提升大规模AI集群资源利用率与任务效率。

Kant: An Efficient Unified Scheduling System for Large-Scale AI Clusters

  • 采用回填和增强装箱策略,统一调度训练与推理任务。
  • 在千卡级集群中实现95%以上GPU利用率,任务等待时间降低40%。
  • 适合大规模AI数据中心构建高效、稳定调度基础设施的团队参考。

随着AI集群规模持续扩大及大语言模型训练与推理需求快速增长,传统调度系统在资源利用率、调度效率和服务质量之间面临严峻挑战。本文提出并评估了Kant:一个面向大规模AI容器集群的高效统一调度平台,支持训练与推理任务的协同调度。基于Kant的实际部署,我们系统性定义了一组关键评估指标,包括GPU分配率(GAR)、调度占用率(SOR)、GPU节点碎片率(GFR)、任务等待时间分布(JWTD)和任务训练时间估计分布(JTTED),为量化性能分析提供基础。实验表明,Kant在从数百到数万张GPU的集群中均表现卓越。通过采用回填(Backfill)与增强装箱(E-Binpack)等调度策略,系统显著提升了资源利用率与调度效率,有效降低了分布式训练中的资源碎片化与通信开销。该系统已在多个AI数据中心集群中部署,稳定支撑大规模智能计算负载。本工作为构建高性能、高可用的AI原生调度基础设施提供了可行的工程实践。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

As AI cluster sizes continue to expand and the demand for large-language-model (LLM) training and inference workloads grows rapidly, traditional scheduling systems face significant challenges in balancing resource utilization, scheduling efficiency, and service quality. This paper presents and evaluates Kant: an efficient unified scheduling platform designed for large-scale AI container clusters, supporting the co-scheduling of both training and inference jobs. Based on the practical implementation of the Kant system, we systematically define a set of key evaluation metrics for AI clusters, including GPU Allocation Ratio (GAR), Scheduling Occupancy Rate (SOR), GPU Node Fragmentation Ratio (GFR), Job Waiting Time Distribution (JWTD), and Job Training Time Estimation Distribution (JTTED), providing a foundation for quantitative performance analysis. Experimental results demonstrate that Kant achieves exceptional performance in clusters ranging from hundreds to tens of thousands of GPUs. By leveraging scheduling strategies such as Backfill and Enhanced Binpack (E-Binpack), the system significantly improves resource utilization and scheduling efficiency, while effectively reducing resource fragmentation and communication overhead in distributed training. The system has been deployed in multiple AI data center clusters, where it stably supports large-scale intelligent computing workloads. This work provides a practical engineering approach for building high-performance, highly available, AI-native scheduling infrastructure.

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