# Limit number of jobs and nodes

**URL:** <https://community.openpbs.org/t/limit-number-of-jobs-and-nodes/3528>\
**Category:** Users/Site Administrators\
**Created:** [May 2, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/limit-number-of-jobs-and-nodes/3528 "2023-05-02T14:35:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 2\
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**Author:** ![Koushikphy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.openpbs.org/koushikphy/32/639_2.png) [@Koushikphy](https://community.openpbs.org/u/Koushikphy)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 2:35pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/limit-number-of-jobs-and-nodes/3528/1 "2023-05-02T14:35:39Z")

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Is it possible to configure open pbs in such a way that a user can submit a maximum of 4 jobs but can only use a maximum of 4 nodes? Meaning a user can submit a maximum of 4 single node jobs or submit 2 jobs that uses 2 nodes each. At any moment the user can only use a maximum of 4 nodes.

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**Author:** ![adarsh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/f07891/32.png) [@adarsh](https://community.openpbs.org/u/adarsh)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2023, 5:00pm UTC](https://community.openpbs.org/t/limit-number-of-jobs-and-nodes/3528/2 "2023-05-02T17:00:41Z")

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There is no configuration to limit the user to X number of nodes or to achieve the above goal.  
However, if all the user(s) jobs request -l place=excl , then this can be achieved via server and queue limits.