Hi Kamil, Kamil Wilczek <km...@mimuw.edu.pl> writes:
> Dear All, > > I have a question regarding the fair-share factor of the multifactor > priority algorithm. My current understanding is that the fair-share > makes sure that different *accounts* have a fair share of the > computational power. > > But what if my organisation structure is flat and I have only one > account where all my user reside. Is fair-share algorithm working > in this situation -- does it take into account users (associations) > from this single account, and tries to assing a fair-factor to each > user? Or each user from this account have the same fair-factor at > each iteration? > > And what if I have, say 3 accounts, but I do not wan't to calculate > fair-share between accounts, but between all associations from all > 3 accounts? In other words, is there a fair-share factor for > users/associations instead of accounts? > > Kind regards We have a similar situation. We do in fact have an account for each research group and the groups are associated with institutes and departments, but we use FairShare=parent so that all users are given the same number of shares and thus treated equally by the fair-share mechanism. Cheers, Loris -- Dr. Loris Bennett (Herr/Mr) FUB-IT (ex-ZEDAT), Freie Universität Berlin
