Hi, > Am 25.08.2014 um 23:29 schrieb Noah Knowles <noah...@gmail.com>: > > Hi, a different question-- again, I am using OGS/GE 2011.11p1 on ROCKS. We > have a small cluster with a combination of 12- and 16-core blades. If I do: >> qsub -pe orte 60 > with no jobs on the cluster, what gets allocated is usually sub-optimal; > instead of 3*16+12 (4 full nodes), I might get 2*16+2*12+4 (4 full nodes and > one partial). > > Is there a general way to force allocation of the minimum possible number of > nodes, other than requesting the nodes explicitly?
No. You could check in the beginning of the job script whether the granted allocation suits you, or otherwise reschedule the job (after a random wait maybe). -- Reuti > We're already using exclusive scheduling, so this would make a lot more > sense. This feels like a newb question but I haven't found an answer by > searching. > >> $ qconf -sp orte >> pe_name orte >> slots 9999 >> user_lists NONE >> xuser_lists NONE >> start_proc_args /bin/true >> stop_proc_args /bin/true >> allocation_rule $fill_up >> control_slaves TRUE >> job_is_first_task FALSE >> urgency_slots min >> accounting_summary TRUE > Thanks, > Noah > _______________________________________________ > users mailing list > users@gridengine.org > https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users _______________________________________________ users mailing list users@gridengine.org https://gridengine.org/mailman/listinfo/users
