On Thursday, 22 November 2018 2:21:45 AM AEDT Baker D. J. wrote:
> Hi Chris,
Hi David,
> Our SchedulerParameters are...
>
> SchedulerParameters = bf_window=3600,bf_resolution=180,bf_max_job_user=4
>
> I gather that the "bf_window" should be as high as the highest maximum time
> limit on th
ds,
David
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Samuel
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Subject: Re: [slurm-users] Excessive use of backfill on a cluster
On Tuesday, 20 November 2018 11:42:49 PM AEDT Baker D. J. wrote:
> We are running Slu
gt; PriorityWeightPartition = 0
> PriorityWeightQOS = 100
> PriorityWeightTRES = (null)
> PropagatePrioProcess = 0
>
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> Sent: 20 November 2018 13:26:14
> To: Baker D.J.
> Cc: Slurm User Community List
> Subject
On Tuesday, 20 November 2018 11:42:49 PM AEDT Baker D. J. wrote:
> We are running Slurm 18.08.0 on our cluster and I am concerned that Slurm
> appears to be using backfill scheduling excessively.
What are your SchedulerParameters ?
All the beest,
Chris
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riorityWeightPartition = 0
> PriorityWeightQOS = 100
> PriorityWeightTRES = (null)
> PropagatePrioProcess = 0
>
> --
> From: Loris Bennett
> Sent: 20 November 2018 13:26:14
> To: Baker D.J.
> Cc: Slurm User Community List
> Subject: Re: [slurm-users] Excessive use of b
tition = 0
PriorityWeightQOS = 100
PriorityWeightTRES = (null)
PropagatePrioProcess= 0
From: Loris Bennett
Sent: 20 November 2018 13:26:14
To: Baker D.J.
Cc: Slurm User Community List
Subject: Re: [slurm-users] Excessive use of backfill on a cluster
It might be unrelated, but I remember we had some similar problems when
setting up a new cluster two years ago. I don't remember the details,
but I believe it was related to qos'es overriding partition limits.
Jobs in these qos'es (with requests that exceeded a partition limit like
the minimum num
Hi David,
Baker D.J. writes:
> Hello,
>
> We are running Slurm 18.08.0 on our cluster and I am concerned that
> Slurm appears to be using backfill scheduling excessively. In fact the
> vast majority of jobs are being scheduled using backfill. So, for
> example, I have just submitted a set of thr
Hello,
We are running Slurm 18.08.0 on our cluster and I am concerned that Slurm
appears to be using backfill scheduling excessively. In fact the vast majority
of jobs are being scheduled using backfill. So, for example, I have just
submitted a set of three serial jobs. They all started on a c
